- freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
- freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well-founded confidence.
- something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense.
- freedom from financial cares or from want: The insurance policy gave the family security.
- precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, etc.: claims that security was lax at the embassy;the importance of computer security to prevent hackers from gaining access.
- a department or organization responsible for protection or safety: He called security when he spotted the intruder.
- protection or precautions taken against escape; custody: The dangerous criminal was placed under maximum security.
- an assurance; guarantee.
- Law.
- something given or deposited as surety for the fulfillment of a promise or an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.
- one who becomes surety for another.
- an evidence of debt or of property, as a bond or a certificate of stock.
- stocks and bonds.
- overconfidence; cockiness.
- of, relating to, or serving as security: The company has instituted stricter security measures.
- the state of being secure
- assured freedom from poverty or want
- a person or thing that secures, guarantees, etc
- precautions taken to ensure against theft, espionage, etc
- (often plural)
- a certificate of creditorship or property carrying the right to receive interest or dividend, such as shares or bonds
- the financial asset represented by such a certificate
- the specific asset that a creditor can claim title to in the event of default on an obligation
- something given or pledged to secure the fulfilment of a promise or obligation
- a person who undertakes to fulfil another person's obligation
- the protection of data to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to computer files
- carelessness or overconfidence
