safeword noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A word used in sexual practices (especially sadomasochistic ones) to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually desires the activity to cease and is not merely feigning a lack of consent.Likewise, a top's ability to respond to your safeword is what makes her a safe partner. — 2004 •A word used to confirm one's identity; a password.They invented a safe word to confirm they were real at the start of any sensitive phone call. — 2026 verb1 •To stop a sex act by using a safeword.Like it's kind of in my head that maybe I could surprise him, like Eddie said, you know, before I flip out and safeword. — 2015 formssafeworded · safewording · safewords