Safeguard synonyms

sāf'gärd'

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risk (related)
One considered with respect to the possibility of loss:
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precaution
A measure taken beforehand against possible danger, failure, etc.
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shield
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
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pass
A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand:
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safe-conduct
A convoy or guard to protect a person in a foreign country.
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passport
An official permit issued by a foreign country allowing one to transport goods or to travel through that country.
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defense (related)
The act or power of defending, or guarding against attack, harm, or danger
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protection (related)
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
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escort (related)
A guard who travels with a dangerous person, for example a criminal, for the protection of others
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permission (related)
Permission is defined as giving consent or authority or allowing someone to do something.
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armament
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bulwark
To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
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convoy
To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
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defend
To guard from attack; keep from harm or danger; protect
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guard
To keep safe from harm; watch over and protect; defend; shield
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harbor
To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.
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preserve
To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
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protect
Protect is defined as to defend or guard from danger or loss.
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secure
(Naut.) To relieve (personnel) from duty
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security
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umbrella
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endangerment (antonym)
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger
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harm (antonym)
Immoral or unjust effects:
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injury (antonym)
A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
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hurt (antonym)
Something that hurts; a pain, injury, or wound.
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jeopardy (antonym)
A defendant’s risk of punishment.
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endanger (antonym)
To threaten with extinction.
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injure (antonym)
To damage or impair.
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lay open (antonym)
(Patents) In Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
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jeopardize (antonym)
To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
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preservation
A preserving or being preserved
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protector
A device that protects; a guard.
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ward
(Archaic) The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.
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fend
(Rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
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attack (related)
The sudden onset of a disease.
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enforce (related)
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maintain (related)
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public safety (related)
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ensure (related)
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consumer-protection (related)
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provide for (related)
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Safeguard Sentence Examples

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

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

  • You take great precautions to safeguard Toby, and yet, you rejected your own brother?

  • 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.

  • To safeguard himself in the rear Charles VIII.

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