safe space

noun

: a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations

… student volunteers put up posters advertising that a "safe space" would be available for anyone who found the debate too upsetting.

—Judith Shulevitz

Women, sexual assault victims, people of color, transgender students. College campuses have created "safe spaces" for all sorts of marginalized groups.

—Catherine Rampell

Examples of safe space in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Your safe space is built on clarity, leaving no room for guessing games. —Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025

This gym would provide a safe space for training, fitness, and empowerment for women. —Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

The goal is to create an inviting, safe space to share the heartfelt experience of diving into a taboo topic which unites all. —Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025

Those individual artists help bring in their communities and signal that the theater is a safe space where people of all backgrounds are welcome. —Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for safe space

• aerospace
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• commonplace
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• database
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• fireplace
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