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Meaning of safety

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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: {safety}, {refuge}]
      3: a device designed to prevent injury or accidents [syn:
         {guard}, {safety}, {safety device}]
      4: (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such
         a way that the batter reaches base safely [syn: {base hit},
         {safety}]
      5: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or
         latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn:
         {condom}, {rubber}, {safety}, {safe}, {prophylactic}]
      6: a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his
         own goal line

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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