different between safeguard vs immunity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?f???(?)d/

Noun

safeguard (plural safeguards)

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

2. 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.

3. A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
4. (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, […]

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Verb

safeguard (third-person singular simple present safeguards, present participle safeguarding, simple past and past participle safeguarded)

1. To protect, to keep safe.
2. To escort safely.

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Anagrams

• saufgarde

English

Etymology

From Old French immunité, from Latin immunitas, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mju?n?ti/

Noun

immunity (countable and uncountable, plural immunities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being insusceptible to something; notably:
   1. (medicine) Fully protective resistance against infection.

   2. (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.

   3. (law) An exemption from prosecution.

   4. (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.

2. (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.

Synonyms

• exemption
• free pass
• get out of jail free card

Hyponyms

• (law): diplomatic immunity

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