Refuge is a place or state of safety. It may also refer to a more specific meaning:

Safety

* Area of refuge, a location in a building that may be used by occupants in the event of a fire * Bunker, a defensive fortification designed to protect people from bombs or other attacks * Mountain hut, a shelter for travelers in mountainous areas, often remote * Women's refuge, another term for women's shelter * Refuge (United Kingdom charity), a British charity for female victims of domestic violence * A place intended to shelter cultural property, in the context of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict * Right of asylum, protection of a person persecuted for political or religious beliefs by another sovereign authority

Nature and biology

* Wildlife refuge, a sanctuary or protected area for wildlife * Refuge (ecology), a place where an organism can escape from predation * Refugium (population biology), a location of an isolated or relict population of a previously more widespread species * ''Refuge crop'', a non- genetically modified food crop planted alongside a genetically modified one to prevent or slow the development of predators resistant to its modified properties by purposely encouraging the mating of species across said crops

Film and television

* ''Refuge'' (1923 film), an American silent drama film * ''Refuge'' (1928 film) or ''Escape'', a German silent film * ''The Refuge'' (film), a 2009 French drama directed by François Ozon * ''Refuge'' (2012 film), an American drama directed by Jessica Goldberg * '' Refuge: Stories of the Selfhelp Home'', a 2012 American documentary by Ethan Bensinger * "Refuge" (''Law & Order''), a television episode * "The Refuge" (''The Outer Limits''), a television episode

Literature

* ''The Refuge'' (novel), a 1954 novel by Kenneth Mackenzie * '' Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place'', a 1991 book by Terry Tempest Williams * '' Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Refuge'', a 1988 novel by Rob Chilson

Music

* Refuge (band), a side project of the German band Rage *

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, 2013 * "Refuge", a song by Psy from ''

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'', 2017 * "Refuge", a song by Steve Wilson from '' To the Bone'', 2017

Other uses

Refuge, Mississippi Refuge is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. Refuge Landing was located west of the settlement, directly on the Mississippi River. History Francis Griffin purchased land in 1831 on a high ridg ...

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