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English
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From OF. sauvete < salvetet from ML. salvitatem, from L. salvus.
Noun
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- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
#:If you push it to the limit, safety is not guaranteed.
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental use
#:Be sure that the safety is set before proceeding.
- fb 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.
- fb 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.
Translations
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Danish: sikkerhed
Finnish: turvallisuus
French: sûreté f
German: Sicherheit f
Hebrew: �����ת (be'ti'hut) f
Japanese: �� (����, anzen)
Maltese: sigurtà f
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Norwegian: sikkerhet (1), trygghet (1), sikring m (2)
Russian: безопа�но��� (bezopásnost�) f
Spanish: seguridad f
Swedish: trygghet c
Visaya: pagamlig
Related terms
security
secure
safe
strong safety
free safety
See also
safety net
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