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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·se·cu·ri·ty n.; pl. Insecurities
 1. The condition or quality of being insecure; lack of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt.
 2. The state of feeling insecure; uncertainty; lack of confidence.
    With what insecurity of truth we ascribe effects . . . unto arbitrary calculations.   --Sir T. Browne.
    A time of insecurity, when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation.   --Burke.
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