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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Insecurity

Ĭn'se-cūre'ness, n.

noun

n. Insecurity.

In'se-cū'ri-ty, n.

noun

n. [Prefix in, not, and security; L. Lat. insecuritas, Fr. insécurité.]

  1. The condition of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire, or of a debt.
  2. Want of confidence in safety; as, seamen in a tempest must be conscious of their insecurity.
  3. Want of confidence in one's opinion.