risking

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noun

The act by which something is risked.

Less commonScrabble 12

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verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of risk
nounrisking (plural riskings)

plural riskings

  1. The act by which something is risked.

    Those acts of others will, from the primary actor's perspective, be unjustified; thus, were they undertaken by the primary actor himself, they would be culpable riskings of harm.

    2018, Larry Alexander, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan, Reflections on Crime and Culpability: Problems and Puzzles, page 18

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “risking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/risking.

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