Risk n.
1. Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves. --Macaulay.
2. Com. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.
To run a risk, to incur hazard; to encounter danger.
Syn: -- Danger; hazard; peril; jeopardy; exposure. See Danger.