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noun chance taken

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danger exposure hazard liability opportunity peril possibility

prospect uncertainty accident contingency flyer fortuity fortune

gamble header jeopardy luck openness plunge speculation

stab venture wager exposedness liableness shot in the dark

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Word Origin & History

risk 1661, risque, from Fr. risque, from It. risco, riscio (modern rischio), from riscare "run into danger," of uncertain origin. The Anglicized spelling first recorded 1728. Sp. riesgo and Ger. Risiko are It. loanwords. The verb is from 1687; risky first recorded 1826.

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Antonyms for risk

certainty safety security misfortune

plan protection reality truth

sureness surety

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More words related to risk

awkwardness

noun. difficulty

bulkiness chanciness cumbersomeness

danger hazardousness inconvenience unmanageability unwieldiness

peril perilousness risk

troublesomeness uncomfortableness unhandiness

bet

noun. game of chance; money gambled

action ante betting chance down on hazard

long shot lot lottery odds odds on parlay uncertainty venture wager

play pledge plunge pot raffle random shot

risk shot shot in the dark speculation stake sweepstakes

bet

verb. gamble

ante buy in on chance dice game

hazard lay down lay odds play against play for trust venture wager

play the ponies pledge pony up put put money on

risk set speculate tempt fortune toss up

bite

verb. take a chance

be victim

get hooked

nibble

risk

volunteer

brave

verb. endure bad situation

bear beard challenge confront

court dare defy face take on venture withstand

face off fly in the face of go through outdare

risk stand up to suffer support

chance

noun. fate, luck

accident advantage adventure bad luck break cast casualty coincidence contingency

destination destiny doom even chance fluke fortuity fortune future gamble

peril providence risk stroke of luck throw of the dice toss-up turn of the cards way the cookie crumbles wheel of fortune

good luck hap haphazard happening hazard heads or tails hit in the cards kismet

lot lottery luck out lucky break misfortune occurrence odds outcome peradventure

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Example Sentences for risk

At the risk of overturning the machine he veered it sharply to the left. And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. When a woman loves a fierce man she takes the risk of his fierceness. Then, while they wondered whether they might risk it, he got worse.

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