1. safeword - Noun
2. safeword - Verb
safeword (plural safewords)
(BDSM) A word used in sadomasochistic sexual practices to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually wants the activity to stop and is not feigning a fictional lack of consent.
safeword (third-person singular simple present safewords, present participle safewording, simple past and past participle safeworded)
(BDSM) To stop a sex act by using a safeword.
For their consent, they must have relevant information (extent to which the scene will go, potential risks, if a safeword will be used, what that is, and so on) at hand and the necessary mental capacity to judge. Source: Internet
For other scenes, particularly in established relationships, a safeword may be agreed to signify a warning ("this is getting too intense") rather than explicit withdrawal of consent; and a few choose not to use a safeword at all. Source: Internet
Page 71, Greenery Press (CA) 2002 Use of the agreed safeword (or occasionally a "safe symbol" such as dropping a ball or ringing a bell, especially when speech is restricted) is seen by some as an explicit withdrawal of consent. Source: Internet