peril

Imminent danger.

Exposure to the risk of harm or loss.

Something that endangers or involves risk.

To expose to danger or the chance of injury; imperil.

To hazard; risk; put in peril or danger.

To be in danger.

Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.

In law, a source of danger: a possible casualty contemplated as the cause of loss or injury.

=Syn 1. jeopardy, etc. See danger and risk.