"safeword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: safewords [plural]
Etymology: safe + word Etymology templates: {{compound|en|safe|word}} safe + word Head templates: {{en-noun}} safeword (plural safewords)
  1. (sex, especially BDSM) A word used in (especially sadomasochistic) sexual practices to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually desires the activity to cease and is not merely feigning a lack of consent. Tags: especially Categories (topical): BDSM, Sex Translations (a word used to indicate that a participant wants to stop): stopwoord [neuter] (Dutch), turvasana (Finnish), mot de sécurité [masculine] (French), Safeword [neuter] (German), hasło bezpieczeństwa [neuter] (Polish), стоп-сло́во (stop-slóvo) [neuter] (Russian), stoppord [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-safeword-en-noun-ndAw3BnJ Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sex, sexuality

Verb

Forms: safewords [present, singular, third-person], safewording [participle, present], safeworded [participle, past], safeworded [past]
Etymology: safe + word Etymology templates: {{compound|en|safe|word}} safe + word Head templates: {{en-verb}} safeword (third-person singular simple present safewords, present participle safewording, simple past and past participle safeworded)
  1. (sex, especially BDSM) To stop a sex act by using a safeword. Tags: especially Categories (topical): BDSM, Sex
    Sense id: en-safeword-en-verb-tke3yuRG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sex, sexuality

Inflected forms

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