<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural safeties.</li><li>the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.</li><li>the quality of averting or not causing injury, danger, or loss.</li><li>a contrivance or device to prevent injury or avert danger.</li><li>Also called lock, safety catch, safety lock.</li><li>a locking or cutoff device that prevents a gun from being fired accidentally.</li><li>the action of keeping safe.</li><li>Football: an act or play in which a player on the offensive team is tackled in his own end zone or downs the ball there, or in which the ball goes out of bounds on a fumble, having last been in bounds in or over the end zone and having last been in the possession of an offensive player.</li><li>Compare touchback.</li><li>an award of two points to the opposing team on this play.</li><li>Also called safety man.</li><li>a player on defense who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage.</li><li>Baseball: a base hit, especially a one-base hit.</li><li>Slang: a condom.</li><li>Obsolete: close confinement or custody.</li></ul>