safe-conduct

Speech parts

1. safe-conduct - Noun

2. safe-conduct - Verb

Meaning

That which gives a safe passage

a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country

a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety.

To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.

Alternative names

safe conduct

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Examples

Following Spoletta's departure, Tosca imposes the further condition that Scarpia provide a safe-conduct out of Rome for herself and her lover. Source: Internet

He had granted him a safe-conduct and protested against his imprisonment; and the reformer was burned during his absence. Source: Internet

In the beginning, Hus was at liberty, under his safe-conduct from Sigismund, and lived at the house of a widow. Source: Internet

Pollitt was suspicious of Orwell's political reliability; he asked him whether he would undertake to join the International Brigade and advised him to get a safe-conduct from the Spanish Embassy in Paris. Source: Internet

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