SELF-PROTECTION Antonyms
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Best Opposite Words For SELF-PROTECTION
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danger | nounn | |||||||
noun • the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury • a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury • a cause of pain or injury or loss • a dangerous place | ||||||||
defenselessness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of being helpless in the face of attack | ||||||||
exposure | nounn | |||||||
noun • vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain • the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience • the disclosure of something secret • aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces • the state of being vulnerable or exposed • the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate • a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format • the act of exposing film to light • presentation to view in an open or public manner • abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open) | ||||||||
hazard | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • an obstacle on a golf course verb • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation • put at risk • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | ||||||||
helplessness | nounn | |||||||
noun • powerlessness revealed by an inability to act • the state of needing help from something • a feeling of being unable to manage | ||||||||
insecurity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being subject to danger or injury • the anxiety you experience when you feel vulnerable and insecure | ||||||||
openness | nounn | |||||||
noun • without obstructions to passage or view • characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive • willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas) | ||||||||
peril | nounn | |||||||
noun • a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune • a state of danger involving risk • a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury verb • pose a threat to; present a danger to • put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | ||||||||
risk | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune • a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury • the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred • the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent verb • expose to a chance of loss or damage • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | ||||||||
vulnerability | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being vulnerable or exposed • susceptibility to injury or attack |