Risk /(?)/

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.

2. Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property. (Com.)

imp. & p. p. Risked; p. pr. & vb. n. Risking

1. To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.
2. To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.