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(sāf′kän′dukt)

noun

permission to travel through a dangerous area, as in time of war, with protection against arrest or harm
a written pass giving such permission
the act of conducting in safety

Origin: ME saufconduit < OFr: see safe & conduct

See safe-conduct in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An official document or an escort assuring unmolested passage, as through enemy territory.
The protection afforded by such a document.

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