safeguard

safeguard (ˈseɪfˌɡɑːd)

—n
1.	a person or thing that ensures protection against danger, damage, injury, etc
2.	a document authorizing safe-conduct

—vb
3.	(tr) to defend or protect

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safeguard

1421, "protection, safety," from M.Fr. sauvegarde "safekeeping, safeguard" (13c.), from O.Fr. salve, sauve (fem. of sauf; see safe) + garde "a keeping" (see guard). Meaning "something that offers security from danger" is recorded from 1471. The verb is from 1494.

Example sentences

It ultimately helped persuade a majority of board members to pay the fees as a

safeguard against a huge civil judgment.

Which enemies, if they do but see them and speak to them, it is enough for the

safeguard of their lives.

She said the program was essential to safeguard the stability of the euro.

The surest safeguard against such danger is to deny the world the basic science

that underpins these advances.

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