Safeguard
['seɪfgɑːd] or ['sefɡɑrd]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.
(n.) A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
(n.) A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct.
(v. t.) To guard; to protect.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Defence, protection, security, bulwark, palladium.[2]. Convoy, escort, safe conduct.[3]. Pass, passport.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Security, protection,[See SABLE]
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Examples
- Where could a key be a safeguard, or a padlock a barrier? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She only said earnestly, recurring to his last word-- I am sure no safeguard was ever needed against you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Donne was not grateful--he never _was_ grateful for kindness and attention--but he was glad of the safeguard. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The knowledge that drunkenness or insanity has been prevalent in a family may be the best safeguard against their recurrence in a future generation. Plato. The Republic.
- But her sluggish and incurious nature was the greatest safeguard of all. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Ye say that the _interest_ of the master is a sufficient safeguard for the slave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The consent of the governed is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The third sentence urges greater safeguards against undesirable marriages. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It is notorious that Edison did not then enjoy the skilful aid in safeguarding his ideas that he commanded later. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even the subsidy by rulers of privately conducted schools must be carefully safeguarded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To say that they are disciplinary has safeguarded them from all inquiry. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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