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safeguard
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)
- Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
- 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.
- 1726, George Granville, To the King, in the First Year of His Majesty’s Reign
- A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war.
- (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, […]
- 1844, The Animal Kingdom
Translations
Verb
safeguard (third-person singular simple present safeguards, present participle safeguarding, simple past and past participle safeguarded)
- To protect, to keep safe.
- To escort safely.
Translations
Anagrams
- saufgarde
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security
English
Alternative forms
- secuerity (mostly obsolete)
Etymology
secure +? -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin s?c?rit?s, from Latin s?c?rus (“safe, secure”), from se- (“without”) +? cura (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cura (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??kj????ti/, /s??kj????ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /s??kj??.??ti/, [s??kj??.???i], /s??kj??.??ti/, [s??kj??.???i]
Noun
security (countable and uncountable, plural securities)
- (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
- (countable) Something that secures.
- An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
- (law) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
- (law) Freedom from apprehension.
- (finance, often used in plural) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock.W
- (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
- (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
- A guarantee.
- (obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.
Synonyms
- (condition of not being threatened): safety
- (something that secures): protection
- (something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation): guarantee, surety
- See also Thesaurus:security
Antonyms
- insecurity (condition of being threatened)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (sekyuriti)
Translations
References
- security at OneLook Dictionary Search
- security in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- security in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- security on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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