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

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

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

  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. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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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