Safeguard synonyms
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A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
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- A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
- Protection; watch:
- An honor guard.
A flat, usually broad, piece of metal, wood, etc., carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to ward off blows or missiles
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- A flat, usually broad, piece of metal, wood, etc., carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to ward off blows or missiles
- A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
- A guard or safety screen, as over the moving parts of machinery
Something beyond doubt; a certainty.
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- Something beyond doubt; a certainty.
- A pledge or formal promise made to secure against loss, damage, or default; a security.
- One who has contracted to be responsible for another, especially one who assumes responsibilities or debts in the event of another party's default.
A sexual invitation or overture:
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- A sexual invitation or overture:
- A motion of the hand or the waving of a wand:
- A condition or situation, often critical in nature; a predicament:
An official document or an escort assuring unmolested passage, as through enemy territory.
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- An official document or an escort assuring unmolested passage, as through enemy territory.
- Permission to travel through a dangerous area, as in time of war, with protection against arrest or harm
- A written pass giving such permission
Anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.
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- Anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.
- Something that gives one the right or privilege of passage, entry, or acceptance:
- An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
defense (related)
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protection (related)
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escort (related)
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permission (related)
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A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
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- A fact or law that provides a full or partial exoneration of the defendant against the charges or claims made in a lawsuit or prosecution.
- Something that defends; means of or resources for protection
- Justification or support by speech or writing; vindication
Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
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- Something that gives protection; a safeguard:
- The act or duty of guarding; careful watch; wariness; defense; protection
- Protection; watch:
A preserving or being preserved
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- A preserving or being preserved
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
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- Something that lowers the risk of pregnancy or infection, especially the use of a condom.
- Payment made by racketeers to officials or law enforcement to avoid arrest or prosecution.
- One that protects:
The title held by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58) and his son Richard (1658-59), during the British Protectorate
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- The title held by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58) and his son Richard (1658-59), during the British Protectorate
- One who protects; a guardian.
- A device that protects; a guard.
Procedures to provide such protection or defense
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- Procedures to provide such protection or defense
- Measures adopted to prevent escape:
- Protection or defense against escape
A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
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- A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.
- A person or thing that provides protection.
- A heavy metal screen attached to an artillery piece for the protection of the gunners
A person for whom a guardian has legal responsibility, or one over whose property a guardian has responsibility. Title to legal property remains with the ward, although he or she may not enter into any contracts involving same.
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- A person for whom a guardian has legal responsibility, or one over whose property a guardian has responsibility. Title to legal property remains with the ward, although he or she may not enter into any contracts involving same.
- Any person under another's protection or care
- A means of defense or protection
To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution):
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- To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution):
- To support, maintain, or justify
- To protect (a goal, etc.) against scoring by an opponent
To cover (a piece of machinery) with a device to protect the operator
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- To cover (a piece of machinery) with a device to protect the operator
- To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence:
- To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion:
To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
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- To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
- To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged:
To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness:
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- To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness:
- To keep from being curtailed or exposed to risk:
- (Baseball) To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.
To bring about; effect:
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- To bring about; effect:
- To protect or ensure the privacy or secrecy of (a telephone line, for example).
- To get hold or possession of; obtain; acquire
To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty:
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- To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty:
- To be or provide a shield for; defend; protect; guard
- To protect, to defend.
To turn aside; fend off; parry
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- To turn aside; fend off; parry
- (Archaic) To keep watch over; guard; protect
- To guard; protect.
(Archaic) To defend
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- (Archaic) To defend
- To attempt to manage without assistance:
- To ward off. Often used with off:
attack (related)
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Find another word for safeguard. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for safeguard, like: guard, shield, surety, pass, safe-conduct, passport, defense, protection, escort, permission and defense.
