Safety
WordNet
noun
(1) (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
(2) A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
(3) Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
(4) A device designed to prevent injury
(5) A safe place
"He ran to safety"
(6) The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
"Insure the safety of the children"
"The reciprocal of safety is risk"
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Etymology
From sauvete < salvetet from salvitatem, from salvus.
Noun
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
- Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
- When a player is either tackled in or loses the ball out of his team's own end zone resulting in two points for the opposite team.
- He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.
- Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.