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Safest

Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. Safer; superl. Safest.] [OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save, Salvo an exception.]

  1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. ``And ye dwelled safe.''
    --1 Sam. xii. 11.

    They escaped all safe to land.
    --Acts xxvii. 44.

    Established in a safe, unenvied throne.
    --Milton.

  2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. ``The man of safe discretion.''
    --Shak.

    The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
    --Milton.

  3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

    But Banquo's safe? Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides.
    --Shak.

    Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.

    safe house, a residence where a person in hiding from the authorities or other persons may stay without being discovered.

    Syn: Secure; unendangered; sure.

Wiktionary
safest

a. (en-superlative of: safe), most safe.