safeguard
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French - salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/
safeguard (plural safeguards)
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- Getting a flu shot is a good safeguard against illness.
- One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
- 1726, George Granville, To the King, in the First Year of His Majesty's Reign:
- Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- the inheritance of their loves and safeguard
- (obsolete) The monitor lizard.
- 1844, The Animal Kingdom:
- The same idea is entertained of the Safeguard in America, as of the Monitor in Africa, and other parts of the Old World, […]
- German: Sicherung, Schutz, Absicherung
- Italian: salvaguardia, tutela, difesa, garanzia
- Portuguese: salvaguarda
- Russian: гара́нтия
- Spanish: salvaguardia
- Spanish: salvaguardia
safeguard (safeguards, present participle safeguarding; simple past and past participle safeguarded)
- To protect, to keep safe.
- She kept a savings to safeguard against debt and emergencies.
- (UK, Ireland, by extension) To implement safeguarding.
- To escort safely.
- French: protéger
- German: absichern (with gegen), schützen (with vor)
- Italian: salvaguardare
- Portuguese: salvaguardar
- Spanish: salvaguardar, resguardar
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