[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

security \secu"rity\, n.; pl. securities. l. securitas: cf.
   f. s'ecurit'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.
          1913 webster

                his trembling hand had lost the ease,
                which marks security to please.   --sir w.
                                                  scott.
          1913 webster
      b hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
          1913 webster

                he means, my lord, that we are too remiss,
                whilst bolingbroke, through our security,
                grows strong and great in substance and in
                power.                            --shak.
          1913 webster
      c freedom from risk; safety.
          1913 webster

                give up yourself merely to chance and hazard,
                from firm security.               --shak.
          1913 webster

                some . . . alleged that we should have no
                security for our trade.           --swift.
          1913 webster

   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.
          1913 webster

                those who lent him money lent it on no security
                but his bare word.                --macaulay.
          1913 webster
      b one who becomes surety for another, or engages himself
          for the performance of another's obligation.
          1913 webster

   3. an evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a
      certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
      1913 webster

   syn: protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty;
        ease; assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety;
        pledge; bail.
        1913 webster
see also:
securities secure surety 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
insecurity certificate security department security measures protection security system 
security measures surety 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

188 moby thesaurus words for "security":
   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

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

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. 

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

security-widefield, co -- u.s. census designated place in colorado
   population 2000:    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

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