jeopardy

Noun
US[jep-er-dee]/ˈdʒɛpɚdi/3 syllables
Synonyms: hazardperilriskendangerment

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune“drinking alcohol is a health hazard”Synonyms: hazardperilriskendangermentType of dangerKinds moral hazard, health hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles

Related words hazardous adjective, hazard verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Jeop′ard·y noun

Origin: OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See Joke, and Part.

Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.

There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.— Luke viii. 23.
Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy.— William Shakespeare

Synonyms: Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See Danger.

Jeop′ard·y transitive verb

To jeopardize. rare William M. Thackeray

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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