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SECURENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
Synonyms:
fastness; fixedness; fixity; fixture; secureness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("secureness" is a kind of...):
immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "secureness"):
lodgement; lodging; lodgment (the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily)
Derivation:
secure (not likely to fail or give way)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of freedom from fear or danger
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("secureness" is a kind of...):
security (the state of being free from danger or injury)
Antonym:
insecureness (the state of being exposed to risk or anxiety)
Derivation:
secure (immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with)
