Usually means: Exposure to danger or risk.
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  1. periclitation: Merriam-Webster
  2. periclitation: Wordnik
  3. periclitation: Wiktionary
  4. Periclitation: Dictionary.com
  5. Periclitation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. periclitation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Periclitation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. periclitation: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Periclitation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (periclitation)

▸ noun:  (obsolete) Trial; experiment.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The state of being in peril.

Similar:
trialling, tentative, prief, priefe, preeve, dummy run, pilot, trial run, prelim, trial de novo, more...

Opposite:
security, safety, stability

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Similar:
trialling, tentative, prief, priefe, preeve, dummy run, pilot, trial run, prelim, trial de novo, more...

Opposite:
security, safety, stability



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