safe-conduct

1. 1.

   a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

   Synonymssafeguard

   Broaderpass

Questions about safe-conduct

What does safe-conduct mean?

safe-conduct means "a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war".

How many syllables are in safe-conduct?

safe-conduct has 4 syllables and divides as sa-fe--con-duct under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for safe-conduct?

Close synonyms include safeguard. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.