the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of being safe or of conferring safety.
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n. the quality of being safe
Word Usage
"His method of accomplishing this feat proves what we have just said of his "safeness" -- he sounded the chute first, and then built a fire at the head of the island to run by."