hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury

For a moment his life was in jeopardy.

peril or danger

The spy was in constant jeopardy of being discovered.

Law . the danger or hazard of being found guilty, and of consequent punishment, undergone by criminal defendants on trial.

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protection , safety

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accident , chance , double-trouble , endangerment , exposure , hazard , insecurity , liability , on the line , on the spot , out on a limb * , peril , precariousness , risk , venture , vulnerability , imperilment , danger , trouble