n. | 1. | Authority; jurisdiction; control. | |||
2. | Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. | ||||
3. | Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. | ||||
4. | Difficulty; sparingness. | ||||
5. | Coyness; disdainful behavior.
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v. t. | 1. | To endanger. |
Noun | 1. | danger - the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" Antonyms: safety - the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk" |
2. | danger - a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" | |
3. | danger - a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air" | |
4. | danger - a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger" |