Noun

(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.

* Shakespeare

Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, / From firm security .

* Jonathan Swift

Some alleged that we should have no security for our trade.

(countable) Something that secures.

An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14, author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins

, volume=188, issue=2, page=23, date=2012-12-21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance, intrusion and security . Each one diminishes liberty.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

(legal) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.

(legal) Freedom from apprehension.

(finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.

(finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.

A guarantee.

* Macaulay

Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.

(obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.

* Shakespeare

He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, / Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security , / Grows strong and great in substance and in power.

Noun

(-)

the quality or state of being secure, security

*{{quote-book, year=1910, author=Compiled by Edwin Partridge Lehman and Julian Park, title=A Williams Anthology, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=And now, though there is none of that sweetness of stolen fruits, none of that creeping insecurity of former readings, there is an undisturbing, quiet secureness that makes our books more living to us. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1919, author=Ellen N. La Motte, title=Peking Dust, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=A square seat, about as wide and unyielding as a table-top, was strapped securely to each donkey, and to this seat we clung, with no secureness at all. }}

* {{quote-news, year=1990, date=December 21, author=Albert Williams, title=Closer Than Ever, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=That's partly because of the high level of professionalism and efficiency of M. Seth Reines's staging of the show at Apple Tree Theatre; the very secureness of the production mitigates any feelings of insecurity the characters might want to communicate. }}