safety

Definition

  • noun: freedom from harm or danger
  • noun: the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss
  • verb: to protect against failure, breakage, or accident
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: aegis, arm guard, assurance

Examples

  • The climbers were roped together for 'safety'. = The climbers were roped together 'for safety's sake'.

  • There is 'safety in numbers'. [=you are safer in a group of people than you are when you are alone]

  • His hobbies act as a 'safety valve', relieving some of the pressure he feels from his job.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) If I go without you, they'll take them away anyway. - What does that mean? - I filed a letter with our attorney... ...explaining how I'm fearful for my safety. How you have threatened to kill me. - Why did you do this? - I love you, Dom. Why did...? Why would you do this to me? (..)
    2010 Inception