Risk

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

II. Risk ·noun To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

III. Risk ·noun Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

IV. Risk ·noun 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.