Antonyms for security

Grammar : Noun

Spell : si-kyoor-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkyʊər ɪ ti

Definition of security

Origin : mid-15c., "condition of being secure," from Latin securitas, from securus "free from care" (see secure). Replacing sikerte (early 15c.), from an earlier borrowing from Latin; earlier in the sense "security" was sikerhede (early 13c.); sikernesse (c.1200).
Meaning "something which secures" is from 1580s; "safety of a state, person, etc." is from 1941. Legal sense of "property in bonds" is from mid-15c.; that of "document held by a creditor" is from 1680s. Phrase security blanket in figurative sense is attested from 1966, in reference to the crib blanket carried by the character Linus in the "Peanuts" comic strip (1956).

noun safety, protection
noun peace of mind

Example sentences :

We strive for peace and security, heartened by the changes all around us.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

What security, that your rake will not follow you to the world's end?
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

That his land may be fertile and he himself abide in security.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

Unwilling to be disturbed, I readily believed all that lulled me in my security.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

In Evelyn's presence I feel a sense of peace, of security, of home!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

But I want to know what sort of security there is for the Company's going on.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Their respect for you is of itself a security for his honour to you, if there could be any room for doubt.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Step by step she was luring him away from the security of his human companionship.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

He had a feeling of security that was belied by all his experience with men.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

So certain were they of their security that no outposts were put on guard.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for security

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