text: what is danger?   1.liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril. 2.an instance or cause of peril; menace. 3.obsolete. power; jurisdiction; domain. [origin: 1175–1225; me da(u)nger < af; of dangier, alter. of dongier (by influence of dam damage) < vl *domniārium, equiv. to l domini(um) dominion + -ārium, neut. of -ārius -ary]