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Safe

adjective
(compar. safer; superl. safest)
1.
Free from danger or the risk of harm.  "You will be safe here" , "A safe place" , "A safe bet"
2.
(of an undertaking) secure from risk.
3.
Having reached a base without being put out.
4.
Financially sound.  Synonyms: dependable, good, secure.  "A secure investment"
noun
1.
Strongbox where valuables can be safely kept.
2.
A ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests.
3.
Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse.  Synonyms: condom, prophylactic, rubber, safety.



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... country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... to take. By his advocacy of toleration he incurred liability to the extreme penalties that had been inflicted upon others for utterances much less courageous. But the very boldness of the movement secured his safety where more timid counsels might have brought him ruin. Besides, it was not safe to attack so gallant a warrior, and the nephew of the powerful constable. Yet the audible murmurs of the opposite ...
— The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) • Henry Martyn Baird

... of conversing freely with Schemselnihar. This I wish to procure you, and to-morrow will make the attempt. You must by no means expose yourself to enter Schemselnihar's palace; you know by experience the danger of that step. I know a fitter place for this interview, where you will be safe." When the jeweller had finished, the prince embraced him with transports of joy. "You revive," said he, "by this promise, a wretched lover, who was condemned to die. You have fully repaired the loss of Ebn Thaher; whatever you do will be well performed; I leave ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 2 • Anon.

... but also the best and most economical means for giving their children the benefits of an education; to convince propertied citizens that taxation for education was in the interests of both public and private welfare; to convince legislators that it was safe to vote for free-school bills; and to overcome the opposition due to apathy, religious jealousies, and private interests, was the work of years. In time, though, the desirability of common, free, tax- supported, non-sectarian, state-controlled schools became evident to a majority of the citizens ...
— THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION • ELLWOOD P. CUBBERLEY

... is all for thee, O my father," Marzak defended himself indignantly. "I doubt if it be safe to sleep, lest he should stir ...
— The Sea-Hawk • Raphael Sabatini


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