1. [n]  a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"
2. [n]  a dangerous place; "He moved out of danger"
3. [n]  the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury; "you are in no danger"; "there was widespread danger of disease"
4. [n]  a cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air"

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1. \Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance,
   refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same
   meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium
   power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See
   {Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.]
   1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]
            In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer.
   2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.]
      See {In one's danger}, below.
            You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak.
            Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in
            dangerof this statute.                --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
   3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril;
      risk; insecurity.
   4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   {In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be
      inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the
      proverb, ``Out of debt out of danger.''
            Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not.
                                                  --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
   {To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak.
   Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy.
   Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}.
          Danger is the generic term, and implies some
          contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or
          impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard
          arises from something fortuitous or beyond our
          control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful
          or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as,
          to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger.
          Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of
          shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of
          daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.
   

2. \Dan"ger\, v. t.
   To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak.