Synonyms of endangerment

endangerment

noun

as in risk

the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil

I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• risk
• jeopardy
• danger
• trouble
• peril
• distress
• imperilment
• threat
• harm's way
• vulnerability
• exposure
• precariousness
• susceptibility
• openness
• liability
• helplessness
• susceptibleness
• defenselessness
• weakness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• safety
• security
• preservation
• protection
• salvation
• defense
• secureness
• safeness
• exemption
• immunity
• impunity
• inviolability
• invulnerability

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of endangerment

He was placed under arrest and charged with first-degree arson, first-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief and interfering with an officer. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Warren was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of offenses related to assault with a deadly weapon, battery, child endangerment and resisting arrest, police said. — Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Moorhead was was slapped with multiple felony charges — manslaughter recklessly causing the death of another person, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Walter Moorhead, 74, faces multiple charges, including manslaughter and reckless endangerment, for fatally shooting Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, Friday evening in the town of Ellendale, according to Delaware State Police. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

In addition to the charge of felony manslaughter, Moorhead is facing three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, as well as a count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, state police said. — Matt Foster, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Christopher Evans, 34, faces murder and child endangerment charges — and, if found to be guilty, life behind bars — in connection with the death of his newborn daughter, who died at a Cincinnati hospital in early September. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

He was charged with reckless endangerment, a low level felony, and later released. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

The Yolo County parents of a 7-day-old infant found living in squalor in a tent under an overpass have pleaded not guilty to the child endangerment charges against them, records show. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026