About The Word Safe-conduct
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Safe-conduct
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What's The Definition Of Safe-conduct?
[n] a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
Synonyms | Synonyms for Safe-conduct: safeguard Related Terms | Find terms related to Safe-conduct: Safe-conduct In Webster's Dictionary \Safe"-con"duct\, n. [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. --Shak.
\Safe`-con*duct"\, v. t. To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [Poetic] He him by all the bonds of love besought To safe-conduct his love. --Spenser. |
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