safety

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SA'FETY, noun 1. Freedom from danger or hazard; as the safety of an electrical experiment; the safety of a voyage. I was not in safety nor had I rest. Job 3:26. 2. Exemption from hurt, injury or loss. We crossed the Atlantic in safety
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