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Meaning of 'safety'
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. [ n.]- 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]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a safe place
- 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
- 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
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