safeness

noun

Definition of safenessnext
as in safety
the state of not being exposed to danger the safeness of her children was something that she worried about constantly

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  1. safety
  2. security
  3. protection
Noun
  • The most exciting thing to happen in the area on Election Day was arguably a series of public safety power shutoffs by PG&E triggered by red flag fire conditions, which affected polling locations including Los Gatos’s Lakeside Elementary School.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Voters rejected Gascon’s anti-public safety mandates to not file enhancements, including gun enhancements, forbidding his prosecutors to staff parole hearings or to seek the death penalty, and putting the rights of criminals over the rights of victims.
    Todd Spitzer, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of safety
Noun
  • Evans, 38, an Army veteran and former Arvada police officer, campaigned on hot-topic issues including free speech, gun rights and American security.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Dayton Avenue was still closed for a block a couple of days after the election and the security staff on duty had yet to pack up and fold their klieg lights and break down their Checkpoint Charlie huts and move all the vehicles.
    Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of security
Noun
  • Four years ago, the Sharks had Brent Burns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture, Kevin Labanc, Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson, Martin Jones, and Timo Meier on long-term contracts, most with at least some trade protection in a flat-cap world.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting related to the protection of funds permitted for withdrawal from the Trust Account and compliance with the investment management trust agreement.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of protection
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