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secure - assure payment of |
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guarantee,
vouch give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the quality of my products"
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certify declare legally insane
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secure - free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field" |
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insecure,
unsafe lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"
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invulnerable immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
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protected guarded from injury or destruction
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safe (of an undertaking) secure from risk
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assured marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"
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firm strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
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fail-safe eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction; "a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident"
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sure physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on sure ground"
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secure - not likely to fail or give way; "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist" |
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insecure lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"
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fixed incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices"; "living on fixed incomes"
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steady not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
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tight affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money"; "a tight market"
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secure - free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "he was secure that nothing will be held against him" |
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unafraid,
untroubled |
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insecure lacking self-confidence or assurance; "an insecure person lacking mental stability"
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