safeconduct
Use Safeconduct in a sentence
dʌkt noun
1.
a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
2.
this privilege.
3.
the act of conducting in safety.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English sauf condut < Middle French sauf-conduit
1250–1300; Middle English sauf condut < Middle French sauf-conduit
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| safe-conduct | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a document giving official permission to travel through a region, esp in time of war |
| 2. | the protection afforded by such a document |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to conduct (a person) in safety |
| 4. | to give a safe-conduct to |
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Safeconduct
is always a great word to know.
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He was saved from arrest only because of a safeconduct by the pope.
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