Safeguard Definition

sāfgärd
safeguarded, safeguarding, safeguards
noun
safeguards
Any person or thing that protects or guards against loss or injury.
Webster's New World
One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
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A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.

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verb
safeguarded, safeguarding, safeguards
To protect or guard.
Webster's New World

To escort safely.

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Noun

Singular:
safeguard
Plural:
safeguards

Origin of Safeguard

Safeguard Sentence Examples

  • To safeguard himself in the rear Charles VIII.

  • In the church he inherited the ideas of Laud, and saw in the maintenance of the Act of Uniformity the safeguard of religion.

  • To accept Christianity, at least formally, was therefore a prudential safeguard on the part of the Slavonians.

  • James was driven by the outcry raised to abandon these monopolies, and an att of Parliament in 1624 placed the future grant of proteotions to new inventions under the safeguard of the judges.

  • Real wisdom is the only safeguard against the abuse of power.

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Words Starting With

SSASAF

Words Ending With

DRDARD

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With D