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Definition of Danger
1. Noun. The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury. "There was widespread danger of disease"
Specialized synonyms: Clear And Present Danger, Hazardousness, Perilousness, Insecurity, Peril, Riskiness, Exposure, Vulnerability
Antonyms: Safety
2. Noun. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury. "There was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
Generic synonyms: Venture
Specialized synonyms: Chance, Crapshoot, Gamble
Derivative terms: Peril, Perilous, Risk, Risk, Risky, Risky
3. Noun. A cause of pain or injury or loss. "He feared the dangers of traveling by air"
Specialized synonyms: Endangerment, Hazard, Jeopardy, Peril, Risk, Powder Keg, Menace, Threat
Derivative terms: Dangerous
4. Noun. A dangerous place. "He moved out of danger"
Definition of Danger
1. n. Authority; jurisdiction; control.
2. v. t. To endanger.
Definition of Danger
1. to endanger [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: endanger
Medical Definition of Danger
1. 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. "In dangerhad he . . . The young girls." (Chaucer) 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. See In one's danger, below. "You stand within his danger, do you not?" (Shak) "Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 4. Difficulty; sparingness. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. This sense is retained in the proverb, "Out of debt out of danger." "Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) To do danger, to cause danger. Synonym: Peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy. Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. Origin: OE. Danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. Dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. Danger danger, fr. An assumed LL. Dominiarium power, authority, from L. Dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Danger
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