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safe (adjective), safer, safest
1. Unlikely to cause or result in harm, injury, or damage.
2. In a position or situation that offers protection, so that harm, damage, loss, or unwanted tampering is unlikely.
3. Etymology: from "uninjured, unharmed", from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, "uninjured, healthy, safe", related to salus, "good health", saluber, "healthful".
2. In a position or situation that offers protection, so that harm, damage, loss, or unwanted tampering is unlikely.
3. Etymology: from "uninjured, unharmed", from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, "uninjured, healthy, safe", related to salus, "good health", saluber, "healthful".
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salva-, salv-
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“safe”
(Latin: save; safe)
(Greek: a specific mental disorder or obsessive preoccupation with something; madness, frenzy; obsession, or abnormal desire for or with something or someone; also, an excessive enthusiasm or fondness for something that is not safe or advantageous)
(Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, a trustee; to restrict)
(Latin: servare, to watch, to keep safe, to protect, to maintain; to preserve)
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“safe”
fail-safe (adjective), more fail-safe, most fail-safe
Making certain that something will be successful: Brian was looking for fail-safe tools for his project; of course, he realized that no system is entirely fail-safe.
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fals-, fall-
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safe haven
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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safe sanctuary *
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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