Security

·noun Freedom from risk; safety.

II. Security ·noun Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.

III. Security ·noun The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

IV. Security ·noun That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

V. Security ·noun One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.

VI. Security ·noun An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, ·etc.; as, government securities.

VII. Security ·noun Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty.

VIII. Security ·noun Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.