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–noun

1.	liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.

2.	an instance or cause of peril; menace.

3.	Obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME da(u)nger < AF; OF dangier, alter. of dongier (by influence of dam damage) < VL *domniārium, equiv. to L domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neut. of -ārius -ary

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dan·ger·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. Danger, hazard, peril, jeopardy imply harm that one may encounter. Danger is the general word for liability to all kinds of injury or evil consequences, either near at hand and certain, or remote and doubtful: to be in danger of being killed. Hazard suggests a danger that one can foresee but cannot avoid: A mountain climber is exposed to many hazards. Peril usually denotes great and imminent danger: The passengers on the disabled ship were in great peril. Jeopardy, a less common word, has essentially the same meaning as peril, but emphasizes exposure to the chances of a situation: To save his friend he put his life in jeopardy.

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n.

Exposure or vulnerability to harm or risk.
A source or an instance of risk or peril.
Obsolete Power, especially power to harm.

[Middle English daunger, power, dominion, peril, from Old French dangier, from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium, authority, power, from Latin dominium, sovereignty, from dominus, lord, master; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
danger

c.1225, "power of a lord or master, jurisdiction," from Anglo-Fr. daunger, from O.Fr. dangier "power to harm, mastery," alteration (due to assoc. with damnum) of dongier, from V.L. *dominarium "power of a lord," from L. dominus "lord, master" (see domain). Modern sense of "risk, peril" (from being in the control of someone or something else) evolved first in Fr., and in Eng. 1375. Replaced O.E. pleoh.

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danger
noun
1.	the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease" [ant: safety]
2.	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" [syn: risk]
3.	a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"
4.	a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"

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danger1 [ˈdeindʒə] noun

something that may cause harm or injury
Example: The canal is a danger to children.

Arabic:	خَطَر
Chinese (Simplified):	危险
Chinese (Traditional):	危險
Czech:	nebezpečí
Danish:	fare
Dutch:	gevaar
Estonian:	hädaoht
Finnish:	vaara
French:	danger
German:	die Gefahr
Greek:	κίνδυνος, απειλή
Hungarian:	veszély
Icelandic:	hætta
Indonesian:	bahaya
Italian:	pericolo

Japanese:	危険
Korean:	위험(한 것), 위난
Latvian:	briesmas; draudi
Lithuanian:	pavojus, grėsmė
Norwegian:	fare
Polish:	zagrożenie
Portuguese (Brazil):	perigo
Portuguese (Portugal):	perigo
Romanian:	pericol
Russian:	опасность
Slovak:	nebezpečenstvo
Slovenian:	nevarnost
Spanish:	peligro
Swedish:	fara
Turkish:	tehlike

danger2 [ˈdeindʒə] noun

a state or situation in which harm may come to a person or thing
Example: He is in danger; The bridge is in danger of collapse.

Arabic:	حالَة خَطَر
Chinese (Simplified):	危险状态
Chinese (Traditional):	危險狀態
Czech:	nebezpečí
Danish:	fare
Dutch:	gevaar
Estonian:	oht
Finnish:	vaara
French:	(en) danger
German:	die Gefahr
Greek:	κίνδυνος
Hungarian:	veszély
Icelandic:	(í) hættu
Indonesian:	bahaya
Italian:	pericolo

Japanese:	危難
Korean:	위험(한 상태)
Latvian:	briesmas
Lithuanian:	pavojus
Norwegian:	(i) fare
Polish:	niebezpieczeństwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	perigo
Portuguese (Portugal):	perigo
Romanian:	(în) pericol
Russian:	опасность
Slovak:	nebezpečenstvo
Slovenian:	nevarnost
Spanish:	en peligro
Swedish:	fara, risk
Turkish:	tehlike

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Danger

Dame\ (d[=a]m), n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam a mother, Dan, Danger, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]

1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady.

Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. --Shak.

2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

In the dame's classes at the village school. --Emerson.

3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Danger

Dan"ger\, n. [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.]

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.

Usage: 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.

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