safeguard
- noun
- /ˈseɪfˌɡɑrd/
- In the final system there will be safeguards that will control access.
- procedural safeguards
- safeguards for civil liberties
- adequate safeguards
Where those new safeguards have not been put into place.
- Where those new safeguards have not been put into place.
- you know, do those safeguards continue to be stripped more and more?
- Alas, computers have more safeguards than human relationships.
- Now that means putting behind oneself all the safeguards and guarantees that the state would bring.
- We'll we'll have some some future where the government is more powerful, government is more dangerous, and there are fewer safeguards in place.
- And the IRB wanted all sorts of safeguards in place because we all thought that these conversations might go really poorly.
- In the short term, all that's required now is for those safeguards to be removed, and the smallest spark might ignite a war for the future of Indochina.
- So again, this creates A dynamic where it becomes difficult for a man to continuously take this approach when he doesn't have those safeguards anymore.
- This kind of rainbow caucus of of scout leaders saying that I was transphobic for saying you should be concerned about child safeguarding.
- Whether or not it's whether there's sufficient procedural safeguards to prevent all kinds of capriciousness.
- You can be so big at a certain point that you're kind of not susceptible to the, the safeguards of capitalism, right?
- To how it's going on today when all the safeguards are in place.
- By creating safeguards, it is very difficult.
- Good safeguard, most vulnerable within society.
Examples
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So the rules are the safeguard against the downside risk.
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The essential institutional and legal safeguards permitting citizens to defend the private realm are largely absent.
Academic text (1992) -
Every safeguard has been put in place to assure the security of the process.
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The only way to stop this process is an access code installed long ago as a safeguard.
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Concerns are raised about the need for safeguards to protect vulnerable patients and prevent abuse.
Academic text (1994) -
That's why we build in safeguards.
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Well, habeas corpus is the most important safeguard of personal freedom we have against arbitrary state action.
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The new safety regulations serve as an essential safeguard against workplace accidents.
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Environmental laws act as a safeguard to prevent pollution and protect public health.
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Having a fire alarm installed in your home is a critical safeguard for your family's safety.
Synonyms
Keeping people or things safe from harm
Protection from attack, danger, harm, or illness
A device that stops a machine or tool from working by mistake to prevent injury
A careful action done beforehand to avoid harm or danger
A thing that keeps you safe from danger
Actions and devices that stop people from spying, stealing, or damaging property
Something that prevents or reduces harm
A piece of equipment that protects people from injury, like an airbag or seatbelt
An action or tool that protects a country from attack
Extra steps you take to keep people or things safe
A device or method that detects break-ins and sounds an alarm
Antonyms
How Protective
- US
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Safeguard is made of safe ('free from danger') and guard ('to protect'), so a safeguard is a measure, rule, or thing that keeps people or things safe, like a helmet or a safety rule.