Synonyms for safeguard
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : seyf-gahrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪfˌgɑrd |
Top 10 synonyms for safeguard Other synonyms for the word safeguard
Définition of safeguard
Origin :- late 14c., "protection, safety," from Middle French sauvegarde "safekeeping, safeguard" (13c.), from Old French salve, sauve (fem. of sauf; see safe (adj.)) + garde "a keeping" (see guard (n.)). Meaning "something that offers security from danger" is recorded from late 15c.
- noun protection
- verb protect
- Conscience, he said, was the soul's safeguard, and reason the safeguard of the heart and intellect.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- There is a refuge for him, a defence, a safeguard which no material attack can break down.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Still, we must safeguard the King's interests and be prepared.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- But this very pettiness in our criticism is, fortunately, a sort of safeguard.
- Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
- Truly have we; and if suspicion were a safeguard, nothing can harm us.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- The only safeguard against being too warm to all may be to be cool to all.
- Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- We believed this policy to be our only safeguard from spoliation, and in that we were right.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- She was his safeguard against Nelly's wondering, reproachful eyes.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- Clauses 25-28 safeguard interests of Judges, Civil Servants.
- Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
- Fortunately his undisguised admiration of Edith was a safeguard to me.
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
Antonyms for safeguard
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