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Definition of risk : 1. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
2. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
3. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
4. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

Synonyms:

guess, adventure, stake, peril, risk of infection, opportunity, pretend, put on the line, lay on the line, take chances, uncertainty, luck, gambling, fortuity, bump, take a chance, happen, speculation, contingency, insecurity, fortune, encounter, prospect, safety, run a risk, imperilment, risk of exposure, find, riskiness

gamble, hazard, chance, bet, speculate, wager, venture

imperil, endanger, threaten, jeopardize

menace, danger, threat, ominousness, perilousness, treachery, endangerment, jeopardy, unsafeness

Usage examples:

• " There's very little risk to this," he said. - "Syndrome", Thomas Hoover.
• It would be a great risk going in that direction. - "Popular Adventure Tales", Mayne Reid.
• I wish there was danger she should lose me, as there is risk I shall lose her. - "Shirley", Charlotte Brontë.