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n. Risk of loss or injury; peril or danger.

n. Law A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.

n. Danger of loss, harm, or failure.

n. Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.

v. To jeopardize.

n. An even chance; a game evenly balanced.

n. Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger; peril.

n. Synonyms Peril, etc. See danger and risk.

To jeopardize: as, he jeopardied his fame.

n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

"Because the idea of Obama's physical safety's being in jeopardy is NOT just something Black folk who've been around a while talk about."

danger   

moral hazard    sword of damocles    health hazard    occupational hazard   

jeopard    double jeopardy    jeopardize   

risk    danger    hazard    peril    jeopardize   

peril    perplexity    misgiving    inconvenience    disadvantage    torment    trepidation    urgency    predicament    miscalculation