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safeguard

noun
/ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/

Etymology

From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard.

  1. derived from sauvegarde
  2. inherited from savegard

Definitions

  1. Something that serves as a guard or protection

    Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.

    • Getting a flu shot is a good safeguard against illness.
    • An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.

  2. One who, or that which, defends or protects

    One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.

    • Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.

  3. A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.

    • the inheritance of their loves and safeguard
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The monitor lizard.

      • The same idea is entertained of the Safeguard in America, as of the Monitor in Africa, and other parts of the Old World, […]

    2. To protect, to keep safe.

      • She kept a savings to safeguard against debt and emergencies.
      • "[...] Crossrail 2 is mothballed. It is safeguarded, it is absolutely not cancelled."

    3. To implement safeguarding.

    4. To escort safely.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at safeguard. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at safeguard. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at safeguard

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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