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safety - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'safety' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Safety [ n.]
- The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
- 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.
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
- Same as Safety touchdown, below.

Meaning of 'safety' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . safety [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a safe place
Example in sentence:
  • He ran to safety
Meaning (2):
- the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
Example in sentence:
  • insure the safety of the children;
  • the reciprocal of safety is risk