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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Peril

/pĕr'-əl/ · Per·il · IPA /ˈpɛɹɪl/
01 n. Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
  1. 1.
    Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
    “In perils of waters, in perils of robbers.” — 2 Cor. xi. 26.
    “Adventure hard With peril great achieved.” — Milton.
Phrases & compounds
At one's peril — with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of.
Syn. Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See Danger.
02 v. t. To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
imp. & p. p. Periled; p. pr. & vb. n. Periling
  1. 1.
    To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
03 v. i. To be in danger.
  1. 1.
    To be in danger.[Obs.]