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   Safety (?), n. [Cf. F. sauveté.]
   1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
   
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   Up led by thee,
   
   Into the heaven I have presumed,
   
   An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
   
   Return me to my native element. Milton.
   
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   2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
   
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   Would there were any safety in thy sex,
   
   That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
   
   And credit thy repentance! Beau. & Fl.
   
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   3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
   
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   Imprison him, . . .
   
   Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.
   
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   4. (Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below.
   
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   5. Short for Safety bicycle. [archaic]
   
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   6. a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. [archaic]
   
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