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Withdrawment vs Asylum - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between withdrawment and asylum

is that withdrawment is the act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall while asylum is a place of safety.

withdrawment

English

Noun

  • The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
  • * 1799 , William Belsham, Essays philosophical, historical and literary
    • Withdrawment from the place of their legal habitation has been regarded as a sort of crime in the poor.
    English words prefixed with with-

    asylum

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place of safety.
  • The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place.
  • A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum , it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.

    Synonyms

    * sanctuary * shelter

    Derived terms

    * insane asylum * mental asylum * orphan asylum * asylum seeker

    See also

    * refugee ----