Antonyms for safeguard
ˈseɪfˌgɑrdsafe·guard

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1. safeguard

   The weak may speak or act in defense of the strong; none but the powerful can assure others of protection. A defense is ordinarily against actual attack; protection is against possible as well as actual dangers. We speak of defense against an assault, protection from the cold. Vindication is a triumphant defense of character and conduct against charges of error or wrong. Compare APOLOGY.

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, betrayal, capitulation, desertion, flight, surrender

   Synonyms:
   apology, bulwark, defense, fortress, guard, justification, protection, rampart, resistance, shelter, shield, vindication

   Preposition:
   Defense against assault or assailants; in law, defense to an action, from the testimony.

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1. safeguard

   Synonyms:
   security, protection

Matched Categories

1. • Escort
   • Protect

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1. precaution, safeguard, guardnoun

   a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

   "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

   Synonyms:
   guard duty, safety, precaution, care, caution, sentry duty, forethought, guard, sentry go, safe-conduct, safety device

2. safe-conduct, safeguardverb

   a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

   Synonyms:
   safe-conduct, guard, precaution

3. safeguardverb

   make safe

4. safeguardverb

   escort safely

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1. safeguardnoun

   Synonyms:
   defense, security, palladium, protection, convoy, guard, passport

2. safeguardverb

   Synonyms:
   guard, defend, protect, shield

How to use safeguard in a sentence?

1. Demosthenes:

   There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But prudent minds have as a natural gift one safeguard which is the common possession of all, and this applies especially to the dealings of democracies. What is this safeguard? Skepticism. This you must preserve. This you must retain. If you can keep this, you need fear no harm.

2. Michelle Ugenti-Rita:

   Elections are critical and the outcome of an election is important and people have to have confidence in the outcome of an election, the best way to kind of effect your government is at the election box. So, election integrity is something that we have to safeguard. It doesn’t make sense to allow a practice to exist that has the potential to increase fraud and undermine the outcome of election or that confidence in the election process.

3. Donald Trump:

   Our country is counting on your to be wise, impartial and fair. To serve under our laws, not over them and to safeguard the right of the people to govern their own affairs, i have no doubt you will rise to the occasion and that the decision you will make will not only protect our Constitution today but for many generations to come.

4. Demosthenes:

   There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies against despots -- suspicion.

5. Avril Haines:

   We must strengthen our cybersecurity, safeguard our critical infrastructure, and turn the ongoing technological revolution from a threat to an advantage by integrating new technologies to improve the capacity and superiority of our intelligence into the future.

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