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

Eduardo Flores, 41, of New Britain was charged with street takeover, second-degree reckless endangerment, breach of peace and reckless driving. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Police arrested Ramos last week, on September 17, on suspicion of child endangerment. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 27 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

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