I. ˈdānjə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English daunger power, jurisdiction, liability, reluctance, from Old French dangier power, jurisdiction, alteration (influenced by Old French dam damage, from Latin damnum ) of dongier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin domniarium, dominiarium authority, from Latin dominium ownership (from dominus master) + -arium -ary — more at dame , damn
1.
a. archaic : power or authority of a master : jurisdiction
you stand within his danger , do you not? — Shakespeare
b. obsolete : reach or range especially of a weapon or missile
out of the shot and danger of desire — Shakespeare
2. obsolete : harm , injury , damage
a sting in him that at his will he may do danger with — Shakespeare
3. : the state of being exposed to harm : liability to injury, pain, or loss : peril , risk
pronounced out of danger the second day after the operation
a place where children could play without danger
in danger of losing his life's savings
4. : a case or cause of danger
the dangers of the sea
Synonyms:
danger , peril , jeopardy , hazard , and risk can mean, in common, either the state of being threatened with serious loss or injury or the cause or source of such a threat. danger , the general term, implies the contingent evil
troubled by the danger that the manuscript might be lost — Carl Van Doren
realizing that the buffalo in the United States were in danger of becoming extinct — American Guide Series: New Hampshire
the dangers of travel by air
the danger of lowering one's standards
peril implies more strongly the imminence and fearfulness of the danger
the ship was in deadly peril of seizure by mutineers — C.C.Cutler
the trickle of a clear spring water which is beyond all peril of drought — Louis Bromfield
one fears to say anything when the peril of misunderstanding puts a warning finger to the lips — B.N.Cardozo
the perils of modern warfare
jeopardy implies exposure to or the position of special susceptibility to extreme danger, as of a man in court accused of a serious offense
to place one's life in jeopardy by driving too fast
one's moral and emotional balance is always in jeopardy during wartime
hazard , not as strong as jeopardy, implies danger from something fortuitous or beyond one's control
needless to say, there are hazards connected with brain surgery — H.R.Litchfield & L.H.Dembo
the protection by insurance or otherwise, against the hazards of unemployment, sickness, and old age — American Guide Series: New York
the steeple, with heavy iron cross, is so tall that some consider it a dangerous hazard — American Guide Series: Louisiana
risk implies a voluntary placing of oneself in circumstances of doubtful and possibly adverse outcome
to fool around with dynamite to the risk of life and limb
life is a risk and all individual plans precarious, all human achievements transient — Irwin Edman
countries here who want to see the risk of another world war extinguished here and now — Benjamin Welles
for many Americans the risks of city life outweighed the attractions — Oscar Handlin
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English daungeren, from daunger, n.
1. obsolete : to make liable
2. archaic : endanger