[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

safety \safe"ty\, n. cf. f. sauvet'e.
   1. the condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger
      or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            would there were any safety in thy sex,
            that i might put a thousand sorrows off,
            and credit thy repentance            --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. preservation from escape; close custody.
      1913 webster

            imprison him, . . .
            deliver him to safety; and return.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   5. short for safety bicycle. archaic
      webster 1913 suppl.

   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
      pjc
see also:
touchback touchdown safety touchdown safety bicycle safety catch safety lock 
lock 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

safety
     n 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" ant: danger
     2: a safe place; "he ran to safety" syn: refuge
     3: a device designed to prevent injury syn: guard, safety
        device
     4: baseball the successful act of striking a baseball in such
        a way that the batter reaches base safely syn: base hit,
         bingle
     5: contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex
        sheath worn over the penis during intercourse syn: condom,
         rubber, safe, prophylactic
     6: a score in american football; a player is tackled behind his
        own goal line
see also:
danger refuge guard safety device base hit bingle 
condom rubber safe prophylactic 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

81 moby thesaurus words for "safety":
   aegis, arm guard, assurance, backstop, buffer, bulwark, bumper,
   contraceptive, copyright, cover, crash helmet, cushion, dashboard,
   defense, dodger, eye, face mask, fender, finger guard, foot guard,
   fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardrail, hand guard, handrail,
   hard hat, helmet, impregnability, insulation, interlock,
   inviolability, invulnerability, knee guard, knuckle guard,
   laminated glass, lee, life preserver, lifeline,
   lightning conductor, lightning rod, mask, mudguard, nose guard,
   pad, padding, palladium, patent, pilot, preservation, preventive,
   prophylactic, protection, protective clothing, protective custody,
   protective umbrella, refuge, safeguard, safekeeping, safeness,
   safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
   safety switch, safety valve, sanctuary, screen, seat belt,
   security, shade, shadow, shelter, shield, shin guard, sun helmet,
   umbrella, watchful eye, windscreen, windshield

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

safety
     
        see safe, safety-critical system.
     
     
see also:
safe safety-critical system 

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

safety-:clutch:, n.  a mechanical device acting automatically to prevent
the fall of an elevator, or cage, in case of an accident to the
hoisting apparatus.

    once i seen a human ruin
        in an elevator-well,
    and his members was bestrewin'
        all the place where he had fell.

    and i says, apostrophisin'
        that uncommon woful wreck:
    "your position's so surprisin'
        that i tremble for your neck"

    then that ruin, smilin' sadly
        and impressive, up and spoke:
    "well, i wouldn't tremble badly,
        for it's been a fortnight broke."

    then, for further comprehension
        of his attitude, he begs
    i will focus my attention
        on his various arms and legs --

    how they all are contumacious;
        where they each, respective, lie;
    how one trotter proves ungracious,
        t'other one an _alibi_.

    these particulars is mentioned
        for to show his dismal state,
    which i wasn't first intentioned
        to specifical relate.

    none is worser to be dreaded
        that i ever have heard tell
    than the gent's who there was spreaded
        in that elevator-well.

    now this tale is allegoric --
        it is figurative all,
    for the well is metaphoric
        and the feller didn't fall.

    i opine it isn't moral
        for a writer-man to cheat,
    and despise to wear a laurel
        as was gotten by deceit.

    for 'tis politics intended
        by the elevator, mind,
    it will boost a person splendid
        if his talent is the kind.

    col. bryan had the talent
        for the busted man is him
    and it shot him up right gallant
        till his head begun to swim.

    then the rope it broke above him
        and he painful come to earth
    where there's nobody to love him
        for his detrimented worth.

    though he's livin' none would know him,
        or at leastwise not as such.
    moral of this woful poem:
        frequent oil your safety-clutch.
                                                           porfer poog

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