Risk

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction. The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. Macaulay.

2. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.

Synonyms: Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

Synonyms: hazard; peril; endanger; jeopard.