safety

Synonyms:

protection, safeness, security.

Related Words:

assurance, asylum, cover, defense, freedom, immunity, impregnability, inviolability, invulnerability, refuge, sanctuary, shelter.

Antonyms:

danger, distress, endangerment, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, trouble.

Origin:

1250–1300; Middle English sauvete < Middle French. See safe, -ty2. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of safety: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 1916. History and Etymology for safety: Noun: Middle English saufte, from Anglo-French salveté, saufté, from salf safe. —Merriam-Webster.

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Added: 8 July 2020 {7:15 PM}