From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishasyluma‧sy‧lum /əˈsaɪləm/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun1[uncountable]PROTECTprotection given to someone by a government because they have escaped from fighting or political trouble in their own countryapply for/seek/be granted asylumHe has been granted asylum in France. →political asylum2[countable]HOSPITAL old use a mentalhospitalExamples from the Corpusasylum• She thinks of the Periodicals room as an asylum for homesickaliens.• Would we recognize that as ground for asylum?• Cubans who reach the U.S. are usually grantedasylum.• About 17,500 people were granted asylum, out of 154,000 asylum applicationsfiled.• She was almost a whole world to him, a country that had offered asylum.• They have sought political asylum in the United States.• Gypsies from EasternEurope have sought asylum in Britain.• In May, after months of bickering, parliamentamended the asylumlaw.• It had apparently been hoped that the numbers of long-termpatientssuffering from dementia would diminish with the rundown of the asylums.• The government described them as economicrefugees who have no legalclaim to asylum.• The Victorianasylummovement was successful largely because of a unanimity of views on the subject by most men of influence.Originasylum(1400-1500)LatinGreekasylon, from asylos"not able to be seized"