(noun) A state of safety, protection or shelter.
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
"The God excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument."
"Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do."
"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity."
"Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument."