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   Safety , n. [Cf. F. sauveté.]
   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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   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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   Preservation from escape; close custody.
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   Imprison him, . . . 
   Deliver him to safety; and return.
   Shak.
   
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   (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 team; 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.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   +PJC
   Short for Safety bicycle. [archaic]
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
   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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