safe period

1. 1.

   that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)

   Broaderphase

   Part ofmenstrual cycle

Questions about safe period

What does safe period mean?

safe period means "that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)".

Is safe period a common word?

safe period is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.