Safety

Noun

 * 1) The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
 * If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
 * 1)  A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
 * Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
 * 1)  When a player is either tackled in or loses the ball out of his team's own end zone resulting in two points for the opposite team.
 * ''He sacked the quarterback in the end zone for a safety.
 * 1)  Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
 * The free safety made a game-saving tackle on the runner who had broken past the linebackers.

Antonyms

 * danger

Derived terms

 * free safety
 * safety net
 * safety pin
 * strong safety

Related terms

 * safe

Adjectives for Safety
precious; maximum; greatest; inglorious; comparative.

Verbs for Safety
advance with—; advocate—; afford—; campaign for—; contrive for—; dwell in—; endanger—; engender—; enhance—; foster—; further—; hazard—; heighten—; insure—; jeopardize—; menace—; preach—; promote—; reduce—; risk—; scurry to—; threaten—.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From sauvete < salvetet from  salvitatem, from  salvus.

Translations

 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: დაცულობა, უსაფრთხოება
 * Greek: ασφάλεια


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: bezpieczeństwo
 * Portuguese: segurança
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: veiligheidspal
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ασφάλεια


 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 安全装置
 * Polish: zabezpieczenie
 * Russian:


 * : sigurtà
 * : sigurtà
 * : sigurtà


 * : sikkerhet (1), trygghet (1), sikring (2)
 * : trygghet
 * : pagamlig
 * : pagamlig