safeguarding

See also: safe-guarding

English

Verb

safeguarding

1. present participle and gerund of safeguard

Noun

safeguarding (countable and uncountable, plural safeguardings)

1. Synonym of protection
   • 2018, Thomas S. Konrad, Management Control in Public-Private Partnerships, page 305:

     The necessity of contractual safeguardings in PPPs was emphasized by most interview partners.

2. (UK, Ireland, formal) Policies and actions for the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
   • 2022 October, Past Cases Review 2‎^[1], National Safeguarding Steering Group of the Church of England, archived from the original on 2024-06-11, page 4:

     We cannot have a culture that sees safeguarding as a separate add-on. It needs to be part of our DNA, as an expression of our love for one another and our commitment to the Gospel.

Translations

protection

• Greek: προστασία (el) f (prostasía), εξασφάλιση (el) f (exasfálisi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ivaretakelse m

• Romanian: salvgardare (ro)