The safeguard of the state shall be the supreme law.
Source: tatoeba (731998)
Safeguard
//ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d//
Synonyms for "safeguard" (157 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (78)
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Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- защита noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- охрана noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- гарантирам verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- охранявам verb (to escort safely)
Danish
4 entries- beskyttelse noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- værn noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- beskytte verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- sikre verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Finnish
4 entries- kulkulupa noun (a safe-conduct, especially in time of war)
- suoja noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- suojata verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- suojata verb (to escort safely)
French
1 entries- protéger verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Galician
3 entries- amparar verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- gardar verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- protexer verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Georgian
3 entries- დამცველი noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- დაცვა noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- დაცვა verb (to protect, to keep safe)
German
4 entries- Absicherung noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- Schutz noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- Sicherung noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- absichern verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Greek
2 entries- διασφάλιση noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- εξασφάλιση noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Hebrew
1 entries- לְאַבְטֵחַ verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Ido
1 entries- salvogardar verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Italian
4 entries- difesa noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- garanzia noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- salvaguardia noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- tutela noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Latin
2 entries- munio verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- praemunio verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Macedonian
2 entries- гаранција noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- заштита noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Malayalam
1 entries- സംരക്ഷിക്കുക verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Māori
1 entries- whakahaumaru verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Norwegian
1 entries- sikring noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Portuguese
2 entries- salvaguarda noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- salvaguardar verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Quechua
1 entries- hat'alliy verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Romanian
1 entries- salvgarda verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Russian
1 entries- гара́нтия noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- obezbjeđenje noun (a safe-conduct, especially in time of war)
Slovak
4 entries- ochrana noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- poistka noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- zabezpečiť verb (to protect, to keep safe)
- zabezpečovať verb (to protect, to keep safe)
Spanish
4 entries- resguardo noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- salvaguarda noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- salvaguardia noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- salvaguardia noun (a safe-conduct, especially in time of war)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гара́нтія noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- за́хист noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- запобі́жник noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
- запору́ка noun (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny.
Source: tatoeba (1463043)
We must fight to safeguard our civil rights.
Source: tatoeba (5924056)
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
Source: tatoeba (5965348)
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