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ti noun, plural safe·ties.
1.
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
2.
the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.
3.
a contrivance or device to prevent injury or avert danger.
4.
Also called lock, safety catch, safety lock. a locking or cutoff device that prevents a gun from being fired accidentally.
5.
the action of keeping safe.
6.
Football.
a.
an act or play in which a player on the offensive team is tackled in his own end zone or downs the ball there, or in which the ball goes out of bounds on a fumble, having last been in bounds in or over the end zone and having last been in the possession of an offensive player. Compare touchback.
b.
an award of two points to the opposing team on this play.
c.
Also called safety man. a player on defense who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage.
7.
Baseball. a base hit, especially a one-base hit.
8.
Slang. a condom.
9.
Obsolete. close confinement or custody.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | the quality of being safe |
| 2. | freedom from danger or risk of injury |
| 3. | a contrivance or device designed to prevent injury |
| 4. | American football |
| a. Also called: safetyman either of two players who defend the area furthest back in the field | |
| b. Compare touchback a play in which the offensive team causes the ball to cross its own goal line and then grounds the ball behind that line, scoring two points for the opposing team | |
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Word Origin & History
safety
c.1300, from O.Fr. sauvete, earlier salvetet (11c.), from M.L. salvitatem (nom. salvitas) "safety," from L. salvus (see safe). Meaning "trigger-lock on a gun" is attested from 1881. As a N.Amer. football position, first recorded 1881. Safety-pin is from 1857; safety-valve is
from 1797; fig. sense recorded from 1818. Safety-net first recorded 1950. Safety-first as an accident-prevention slogan first used in Britain in 1873 (said to be originally from U.S. railroads); widely used on Conservative Party election posters in 1922.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Two things come to mind in figuring out a long-term solution to nuclear power generation safety.
As archaeologists worldwide help recover looted artifacts, they worry for the safety of the great sites of early civilization.
Now you can meet one up close-from the safety of your computer, of course.
If enacted, chemical companies would be required to demonstrate the safety of their products before marketing them.
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