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English Dictionary: safe-conduct by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
safe-conduct
n
  1. a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war
    Synonym(s): safe-conduct, safeguard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Safe-conduct \Safe"-con"duct\, n. [Safe + conduct: cf. F.
      sauf-conduit.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Safe-conduct \Safe`-con*duct"\, v. t.
      To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [Poetic]
  
               He him by all the bonds of love besought To
               safe-conduct his love.                           --Spenser.
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