Meaning & use
Safety
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The condition of being protected from harm, danger, or risk.
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The factory installed new equipment to improve worker safety.
Parents worried about their children's safety on the busy road.
A note on using this word
In American football, 'safety' also names both a defensive backfield position and a scoring play worth two points.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A defensive backfield position in American football, or a scoring play in which the offense is tackled in its own end zone.
The linebacker's sack in the end zone resulted in a safety.
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