/jep"euhr dee/ , n. , pl. jeopardies .
1. hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
2. peril or danger: The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.
3. Law. the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.
[ 1200-50; ME j ( e ) uparti, joupardi ( e ), j ( e ) upardi ( e ) j ( e ) u play, game ( jocus JOKE) + parti, ptp. of partir to divide; see PARTY ]
Syn. 1, 2. See danger .
Ant. 1, 2. security.