safe-conduct

Noun
Synonyms: safeguard

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Noun (1)

  1. a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of warSynonyms: safeguardType of pass, passport
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Safe′-con′duct noun

Origin: Safe + conduct: cf. F. sauf-conduit.

That which gives a safe passage; either (a) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or (b) a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. William Shakespeare

Safe′-con·duct′ transitive verb

To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. poetic

He him by all the bonds of love besought To safe-conduct his love.— Edmund Spenser

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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