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Safety

noun

The state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions. "The reciprocal of safety is risk"

A safe place. Synonym: refuge.

A device designed to prevent injury or accidents. Synonyms: guard, safety device.

(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely. Synonym: base hit.

Contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse. Synonyms: condom, prophylactic, rubber, safe.

A score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line.

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"Safety" Quotes from Famous Books

... stream into which they could plunge after their exercises were over. They were taught to box, to wrestle, to throw the discus, and to hurl the spear. Military training was important for them, since all might be called to fight for the safety ...

— Introductory American History • Henry Eldridge Bourne and Elbert Jay Benton

... 'Think of your own safety,' she replied hurriedly. 'I tell you I don't feel any pain. Do you think you can get them to ...

— Demos • George Gissing

... stores to Safety Camp, as we called the depot, two miles in, we came across two tents left by Shackleton two or three years before. They contained a few stores and a Primus stove, which proved to be most useful later on. On January 30 and 31 we completed the depot at Safety Camp and ...

— South with Scott • Edward R. G. R. Evans

... not commenced to melt on the mountain-tops until July, the river was high. In a normal summer, I believe that this trip could be taken—although always the boatmen must be expert in river rapids—with comparative safety ...

— Tenting To-night - A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the - Cascade Mountains • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... condemnation is to all that are not in Christ. When all the sons of Adam were declared rebels, because of his and their own rebellion, the Lord hath appointed a city of refuge, that whosoever is pursued by the avenger of blood, may enter into it, and get protection and safety. Without is nothing but the sword of the avenger, justice reigning in all the world beside, within this city, justice may not enter to take out any into condemnation. And therefore those souls that flee ...

— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning • Hugh Binning

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