From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jeopardy \Jeop"ard*y\, noun [OE. jupartie, juperti, jeuparti, OF. jeu parti an even game, a game in which the chances are even; OF. jeu, ju, F. jeu (L. jocus jest) + F. partier to divide, L. partire to divide. See {Joke}, and {Part}.] Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger.
There came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. --Luke viii. 23.
Look to thyself, thou art in jeopardy. --Shak.
Syn: Danger; peril; hazard; risk. See {Danger}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jeopardy \Jeop"ard*y\, verb (used with an object) To jeopardize. [R.] --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: {hazard}, {peril}, {risk}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "jeopardy": accident, breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm, chance, compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground, emergency, endangerment, exposure, gaping chasm, gathering clouds, hap, hazard, house of cards, imperil, imperilment, jeopard, jeopardize, liability, menace, openness, pass, peril, pinch, plight, predicament, quicksand, risk, rocks ahead, sensitiveness, storm clouds, strait, susceptibility, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, vulnerability
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