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Noun
/ˈsāftē/,
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safeties, plural;
  1. The condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury
    • - they should leave for their own safety
    • - the survivors were airlifted to safety
  2. Denoting something designed to prevent injury or damage
    • - a safety barrier
    • - a safety helmet
  3. A condom

  4. A defensive back who normally is positioned well behind the line of scrimmage

  5. A play in which the offense downs the ball (by action of the defense, or intentionally) in their own end zone, scoring two points for the defense


  1. 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"
  2. a safe place; "He ran to safety"
  3. guard: a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
  4. base hit: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
  5. condom: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
  6. a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line
  7. Safety is the state of being "safe" (from French sauf), the condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political, emotional, occupational, psychological, educational or other types or consequences of failure, damage, error, accidents, harm or any other event ...
  8. The United States also known as H.R. 1076 and S.436 would require providers of "electronic communication or remote computing services" to "retain for a period of at least two years all records or other information pertaining to the identity of a user of a temporarily assigned network address the ...
  9. Safety is the third solo album by King's X guitarist Ty Tabor. All songs were written, recorded, and mastered by Ty Tabor at Alien Beans Studios in Katy, TX.
  10. Safety (S) is an American football and Canadian football position played by a member of the defense. The safeties are defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage. ...
  11. Safety was the first public release by English band Coldplay. It was recorded over a weekend during May 1998, and was intended as a demo for record companies. It was financed by the band and their manager Phil Harvey for around £200.
  12. In firearms, a safety or safety catch is a mechanism used to help prevent the accidental discharge of a firearm, helping to ensure safer handling.
  13. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty; A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing; 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; Any of the ...
  14. (safe) A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping; Not in danger; free from harm's reach; Free from risk; harmless, riskless; Providing protection from danger; providing shelter; When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully ...
  15. (Safe) Free from danger of being hit.
  16. (safe) Condition of exposure under which there is a “practical certainty” that no harm will result in exposed individuals.
  17. ("SAFE") is a declaration by the umpire that a runner is entitled to the base for which he was trying.
  18. (SAFE (China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange)) Chinese regulatory agency that oversees foreign exchange and briefly sought to limit or restrict reverse mergers involving Chinese companies.
  19. (SAFE (SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAY EMERGENCIES)) One dollar from each vehicle registration within Los Angeles County is used to provide expanded and improved emergency call box service along the highways. SAFE is a separate legal entity from Metro.
  20. (SAFE (Stopping Abuse Facilitating Education)) A batterers’ intervention program that provides male perpetrators of battering with an opportunity to change their behavior by participating in an intensive interactive educational process. ...
  21. (SAFE (Strategic Accounting Framework)) This is the IT support for the collection and accounting of the miscellaneous charges previously dealt with by the Network Units in Cumbernauld and Shipley
  22. (SAFE) Expression used when someone is O.K. (not official).
  23. (SAFE) Signatures and Authentication for Everyone. See SAFE-Biopharma Association..
  24. (SAFE) Structured Analysis Family Evaluation. SAFE is a comprehensive set of home study assessment tools, techniques and values for the analysis and evaluation of prospective foster or adoptive families.
  25. (SAFE) acronym representing Selective Areas For Evasion, being proposed routes of escape from North Vietnam, including food, shelter, medicine, and escort; as derived from SAC plans for USSR, and OSS plans for INDOCHINA. ...