security

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
2. (countable) Something that secures.
3. (countable, uncountable) An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
4. (countable, uncountable) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
5. (countable, uncountable) Freedom from apprehension.
6. (countable, in-plural, often, uncountable) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock or any of various classes of bond.ᵂ
7. (countable, uncountable) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
8. (countable, uncountable) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
9. (countable, uncountable) A guarantee.
10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Carelessness; negligence.

Synonyms

safety

guarantee

pledge

protection

surety

bail

assurance

warranty

bond

guaranty

collateral

deposit

certainty

peace

☮️

safeguard

confidence

stability

guard

💂

certificate

pawn

defense

insurance

mortgage

defence

stock

safeness

gage

security department

tranquility

security measure

security system

warrant

monetary deposit

backing

fearlessness

preservation

care

firmness

safeguards

support

down payment

earnest

security measures

secureness

recognizance

strength

reimbursement

reliable

safe

safe keeping

safety lock

secure

security check

security paper

self-confidence

self-reliance

serene

serenity

share

shelter

soundness

sponsion

sponsor

sponsorship

stabilize

stableness

steadiness

stocks

substantiation

supplying

tranquil

tranquillity

trust

voucher

warn

warranter

watch

⌚

bail bond

stocks and shares

US-Japan Security Treaty

peace preservation

something lined

negotiable securities

confidentiality

responsibility

validity

safequard

protectability

market arbitrage

sureship

cryptosecurity

trouble proof

reliabilitysafety

admonish

feeling of security

alert

assure

bailer

bailsman

banknote

bill

bondsman

borrow

caution

certificates

certitude

commercial paper

conservation

dependability

discount

dividend

endorsement

ensure

equilibrium

fixity

foundation

guaranteeing

guarantor

guards

hallmark

hypothec

instrument

intrepidity

lining

meet

nothing

offense

participle

past participle

peaceful

permanence

policing

privacy

promise

proof

protect

provision

quietness

rebate

refund

Translations

sécurité

Sicherheit

seguridad

sicurezza

veiligheid

garantie

garantía

zekerheid

sûreté

Wertpapier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈkjʊəɹəti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: securite

In summary

From secure + -ity, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité (modern sécurité), from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Similar to Latin sine cūrā (“without care, carefree”), which led to English sinecure. Doublet of surety.