Thesaurus: danger

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1. n. Authority; jurisdiction; control.
2. n. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty.
3. n. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.
4. n. Difficulty; sparingness.
5. n. Coyness; disdainful behavior.
6. v. t. To endanger.
7. n. the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
8. n. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
9. n. a cause of pain or injury or loss
10. n. a dangerous place
11. 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer. 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] 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. [Obs.] Chaucer. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer. In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] 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. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- 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. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.
12. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.