safeguard
/ˈseɪfɡɑɹd/noun, verb2 syllables
Safeguard means: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc..
Synonyms for safeguard3
noun, as in a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
noun, as in a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
safe-conduct
What does safeguard mean?4
noun
1
a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.“he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution”
2
a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
verb
1
make safe
2
escort safely
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Safeguard in a sentence
- The safeguard of the state shall be the supreme law.zipangu
- Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny.Spamster
- We must fight to safeguard our civil rights.mailohilohi
- They have improved safeguards and they are now better prepared than before.neron
- Many safeguards have been put in place to prevent abuse.CK
- Bangladesh will insist on safeguarding the interests of LDC.robingaspi
- I aim to safeguard my heart.Nuel
- Legal age laws exist to safeguard minors.Nuel
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of safeguard
as a noun
- plural
- safeguards
as a verb
- past tense
- safeguarded
- present participle
- safeguarding
- third-person singular
- safeguards
- past participle
- safeguarded