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हिफाजत — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • custody noun The legal right and responsibility to care for someone, especially a child.
  • protection noun The act of keeping someone or something safe, or the state of being safe.
  • safekeeping noun The act or state of being kept safe from loss, damage, or theft.
  • safety noun The condition of being protected from danger, risk, or harm.
  • security noun The state of being safe from danger, harm, or threat.

Senses

हिफाजत is used for these senses in English:

  • custody legal right to take care of something or somebody
  • protection process of keeping something safe
  • safekeeping act of keeping something safe
  • safety condition or feeling of being safe
  • security condition of not being threatened

custody — full definition

  1. noun The legal right and responsibility to care for someone, especially a child.
  2. noun The state of being held by police, usually before a trial.

protection — full definition

  1. noun The act of keeping someone or something safe, or the state of being safe.
  2. noun Money extorted by criminals in exchange for supposedly preventing harm to a business.
  3. noun Trade restrictions designed to shield domestic industries from foreign competition.

Related Hindi words