An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
emotional sensitivity.
electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).