Meaning

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty..

Definitions by Sense

1. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
2. (mechanics) A safety lock or safety catch: a mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing or operation.
3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
4. An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
5. 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.
6. A safety squeeze.
7. A safety shot or sequence of such shots.
8. (dated) A safety bicycle.

Example Sentences

If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.

He managed to reach the border and escape to safety.

Oh, oh! “Go to safety”! Why didn’t I think of that⁉ Here I am in danger when, really, I could simply be going to safety! I shouldn’t have wasted your time by calling in the first place!

Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.

[…] imprison him, […] / Deliver him to safety; and return,

He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.

The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.

Boy wondered about that bunt. He had a notion Fowler would commit himself soon because time was on the go. But Fowler didn’t, making it another sweep of three Pirates. He had thus far given up only two safeties.

Word Forms

• safeties
• safetying
• safetied

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When Should You Use Safety?

Use safety when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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