safe-conduct

[ seyf-kon-duhkt ]

/ ˈseɪfˈkɒn dʌkt /

a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.

this privilege.

the act of conducting in safety.

Origin of safe-conduct

1250–1300; Middle English sauf condut < Middle French sauf-conduit

In a letter of safe-conduct dated 1357, allowing him to go to Oxford for study, he is described as archdeacon of Aberdeen.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 |Various
I am the Baron de Ribaumont, and have a safe-conduct from the King.

The Chaplet of Pearls |Charlotte M. Yonge
Conference, five hours; result, a safe-conduct for the Governor back.

The Crisis, Complete |Winston Churchill
The like vigilance is to be remarked in the terms of the safe-conduct of Alexander and his queen to England in 1260.

Sir William Wallace |A. F. Murison

Upon this the Roman cantons decided to refuse all safe-conduct to those who should proceed to Berne.

History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV |J. H. Merle D'Aubign

safe-conduct

a document giving official permission to travel through a region, esp in time of war

the protection afforded by such a document

to conduct (a person) in safety

to give a safe-conduct to