Definition of "safeguarding" [safeguarding]

• Protection (noun)
• Present participle of safeguard. (verb)

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• "•The military's reintroduction of an extended emergency law by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces SCAF in the name of safeguarding law and order; since the revolution some 12,000 people have been arrested and are to be tried by covert military trials."
• "It is assumed that the judiciary is especially gifted in safeguarding minority rights."
• "We, the people, want to support our government in safeguarding the interests of the State of Pakistan and to combat terrorism."