safe-conduct Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
    safeguard.

WordNet

Safe"-con"duct noun
Etymology
Safe + conduct: cf. F. sauf-conduit.
Definitions
  1. 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" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. POetic
    He him by all the bonds of love besought To safe-conduct his love. Spenser.

Webster 1913