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women's refuge

British  

noun

  1. social welfare a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors

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She moved into a women's refuge and the children moved with her.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

The Welcome Organisation's chairperson Jude Whyte said the charity was using a women's refuge as a "make shift" drop-in centre during the day instead of its former premises.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2024

It said Fulani, who founded the women’s refuge Sistah Space, “has accepted this apology and appreciates that no malice was intended.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Francesca sought help from Casa Lorena, a women’s refuge near Caserta.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2018

On an imposing hill above the town of Minova, at the end of a trail down which rivulets of rainwater run past tarpaulin-tented homes, a small women’s refuge can be found.

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2015