jeopardy

jeopardy

noun

Definition of JEOPARDY

the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil <the city's firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues>

Synonyms distress, endangerment, harm's way, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

Related Words exposure, liability, openness, vulnerability; precariousness, threat; susceptibility, susceptibleness; defenselessness, helplessness, weakness

Near Antonyms preservation, salvation; defense, protection; exemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability

Antonyms safeness, safety, secureness, security