risk
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 defines “risk” as: The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger. ... The general idea of the definition of “risk” has been studied, dissected, and rearranged countless times in order to limit this broad topic to one single statement. I believe that two men amongst their research and findings have narrowed the search for the perfect definition of “risk.” Frank Furedi in a portion of his writing, Culture of Fear: Risk-taking and the Morality of Low Expectation defines risk as “the probability of damage, injury, illness, death, something bad associated with a particular hazard (or decision).