noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. relief, reassurance.

noun, takes する, transitive verb

Messages.hist.
  1. recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.).

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Archaism. Orig. meaning.
  1. living safely surrounded by walls.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
安堵 あんど
 
安ど あんど

Contained Kanji Breakdown

relax, cheap, low
アン やす.い あ (3rd, N4)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
fence, railing, enclosure
ト かき (Kentei Pre-1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
someone, person
シャ もの (3rd, N4)
variant of radical 125
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)