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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Security \Se*cu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Securities. [L. securitas: cf.
F. s['e]curit['e]. See Secure, and cf. Surety.]
1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
Specifically:
(a) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care;
confidence of power or safety; hence, assurance;
certainty.
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His trembling hand had lost the ease,
Which marks security to please. --Sir W.
Scott.
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(b) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
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He means, my lord, that we are too remiss,
Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security,
Grows strong and great in substance and in
power. --Shak.
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(c) Freedom from risk; safety.
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Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard,
From firm security. --Shak.
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Some . . . alleged that we should have no
security for our trade. --Swift.
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2. That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard;
defense. Specifically:
(a) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make
certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the
performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or
the like; surety; pledge.
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Those who lent him money lent it on no security
but his bare word. --Macaulay.
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(b) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself
for the performance of another's obligation.
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3. An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a
certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
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Syn: Protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty;
ease; assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety;
pledge; bail.
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WordNet security
n 1: the state of being free from danger or injury; "we support
the armed services in the name of national security"
[ant: insecurity]
2: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to
finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive
interest or dividends; "he held several valuable
securities" [syn: certificate]
3: a department responsible for the security of the
institution's property and workers; "the head of security
was a former policeman" [syn: security department]
4: measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or
sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up
since the recent uprising" [syn: security measures]
5: defense against financial failure; financial independence;
"his pension gave him security in his old age"; "insurance
provided protection against loss of wages due to illness"
[syn: protection]
6: freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a
feeling of security"
7: an electrical device that sets off an alarm when someone
tries to break in [syn: security system, {security
measures}]
8: property that your creditor can claim in case you default on
your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without
good security" [syn: surety]
9: a guarantee that an obligation will be met [syn: surety]

Moby Dictionary
Easy Street , aegis , affluence , aplomb , armament , armor , arrogance ,
aspiration , assumption , assurance , assured faith , assuredness ,
asylum , authenticity , authoritativeness , bail , balance ,
balanced personality , bamboo curtain , barrier of secrecy ,
bed of roses , belief , blackout , bond , calculability , care ,
censorship , certainty , certification , certitude ,
cheerful expectation , clear sailing , clover , cocksureness ,
collateral , comfort , confidence , confidentness , constancy ,
conviction , cool , courage , curtain , custodianship , custody ,
dependability , dependence , deposit , desire , doomed hope , earnest ,
ease , easy circumstances , equilibrium , expectation , fair prospect ,
faith , faithworthiness , fastness , felicity , fervent hope , firmness ,
fleshpots , gage , good cheer , good hope , gracious life ,
gracious living , great expectations , guarantee , guaranty , guard ,
guarding , happiness , harmlessness , high hopes , homeostasis , hope ,
hopeful prognosis , hopefulness , hopes , hoping , hoping against hope ,
hubris , hush-up , immunity , imperturbability , insurance ,
invariability , invincibility , invulnerability , iron curtain ,
ironbound security , lap of luxury , life of ease , loaves and fishes ,
luxury , nerve , oath of secrecy , official secrecy , overconfidence ,
oversureness , overweening , overweeningness , pall , pawn , pledge ,
poise , pomposity , positiveness , prayerful hope , predictability ,
presumption , pride , promise , prospect , prospects , prosperity ,
prosperousness , protection , refuge , reliability , reliance ,
repression , risklessness , rootedness , safeguard , safeguarding ,
safeness , safety , sanctuary , sang-froid , sanguine expectation ,
seal of secrecy , secureness , self-assurance , self-confidence ,
self-importance , self-reliance , settled belief , shelter , shield ,
smothering , solidity , soundness , stability , stable equilibrium ,
stable state , stableness , staunchness , steadfastness , steadiness ,
steady nerves , steady state , stifling , strength ,
subjective certainty , substantiality , success , suppression ,
sureness , surety , surveillance , the affluent life , the good life ,
thriving condition , token , trust , trustworthiness ,
undeflectability , unerringness , uniformity , unshakable nerves ,
unshakableness , upward mobility , validity , veil , veil of secrecy ,
velvet , ward , warrant , warranty , weal , wealth , welfare , well-being ,
well-grounded hope , wraps

SECURITY. That which renders a matter sure; an instrument which renders certain the performance of a contract. The term is also sometimes applied to designate a person who becomes the surety for another, or who engages himself for the performance of another's contract. See 3 Blackf. R. 431.

Moby Dictionary 29845
Housing Units (2000): 10177
Land area (2000): 14.522255 sq. miles (37.612466 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.493456 sq. miles (1.278046 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.015711 sq. miles (38.890512 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68847
Located within: Colorado (CO) , FIPS 08
Location: 38.744731 N , 104.723226 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Security-Widefield , CO
Security-Widefield
Security , CO
Security