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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers |
| Division (I) Individual Volition |
| Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 3. Contingent Subservience |
| 664. Safety. |
| NOUN: | SAFETY, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness &c. adj.; danger -past, - over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape [See Escape]; means of escape; blow-, safety-, snifting- valve; safeguard, palladium; sheet anchor; rock, tower. GUARDIANSHIP, wardship, wardenship; tutelage, custody, safe-keeping; preservation [See Preservation]; guardship [obs.], protection, auspices. PROTECTOR, guardian; warden, warder; preserver, life saver, custodian, duenna, chaperon, third person. safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield (defense) [See Defense]; guardian angel; tutelary -god, - deity, - saint; genius loci [L.]. WATCHDOG, bandog; Cerberus. WATCHMAN, patrolman, policeman, police officer, officer [colloq.], “the finest” [local, U. S.]; cop, copper, peeler, bobby [all slang], blue coat [colloq.], constable, roundsman [U. S.], gendarme [F.], military police; detective, tec [slang], bull [slang, U. S.], spotter [slang]; sheriff, deputy; sentinel, sentry, scout (warning) [See Warning]. ARMED FORCE, garrison, life guard, State guard, militia, regular army, navy; volunteer; marine [See Combatant]; battleship, man-of-war [See Combatant]. [MEANS OF SAFETY] refuge &c., anchor [See Refuge]; precaution (preparation) [See Preparation]; guard, guard rail, hand rail; bulkhead, watertight compartment, safety appliance; bolt, hasp (pin) [See Vinculum]; cyclone cellar, dugout, bombproof dug-out; quarantine, cordon sanitaire [F.]. [SENSE OF SECURITY] confidence [See Hope]. JUDGE, justice, judiciary, magistrate, beak [slang, Eng.], justice of the peace, J. P.; deemster [Isle of Man], hakim [Oriental]; chancellor [See Judge]. |
| VERB: | BE SAFE &c. adj.; keep one’s head above water, tide over, save one’s bacon [colloq.]; ride out -, weather- the storm; light upon one’s feet; bear a charmed life; escape [See Escape]; possess nine lives. PROTECT, watch over; make or render safe &c. adj.; take care of (care) [See Care]; preserve [See Preservation]; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; take charge of; guard (defend) [See Defense]; garrison; man the -garrison, - lifeboat; secure (restrain) [See Restraint]; intrench or entrench, mine, countermine; dig in; fence round (circumscribe) [See Circumscription]; house, nestle, ensconce. ESCORT, support, accompany, convoy. WATCH, mount guard, patrol, go on one’s beat; do -, perform- sentry go; scout, spy. TAKE PRECAUTIONS (prepare for) [See Preparation]; “make assurance double sure” [Macbeth] (caution) [See Caution]; take up a loose thread; reef, take in a reef, make all snug, have an anchor to windward, double reef topsails. seek safety; take -, find- shelter [See Refuge]; run into port. |
| ADJECTIVE: | SAFE, secure, sure; in safety, in security; in shelter, in harbor, in port; in the shadow of a rock; on terra firma [L.]; on the safe side; under the -shield of, - shade of, - wing of, - shadow of one’s wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of -danger, - the meshes, - harm’s way; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened, unmolested; protected &c. v.; cavendo tutus [L.]; panoplied (defended) [See Defense]. safe and sound (preserved) [See Preservation]; harmless; scatheless (perfect) [See Perfection]; unhazarded; not dangerous [See Danger]. snug, seaworthy, airworthy; watertight, weathertight, weatherproof, waterproof, fireproof; bombproof, shellproof. DEFENSIBLE, tenable, proof against, invulnerable; unassailable, unattackable; “founded upon a rock” [Bible], impregnable, imperdible [obs.]; inexpugnable. PROTECTING &c. v.; guardian, tutelary; preservative [See Preservation]; trustworthy [See Probity]. |
| ADVERB: | ex abundanti cautelâ [L.]; with impunity. |
| INTERJECTION: | ALL’S WELL! all clear! all serene! [slang]; safety first! at rest! at ease! |
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