Hope; expectation; resource; chance, fortune.

Fortune; chance, hazard. Cf. phrases 1. Obsolete.

Chance, fortune, luck. Obsolete.

Absence of design or intent in relation to a particular event; fortuitousness, eventuality; chance or fortune, considered as the cause or…

Chance, unforeseen or unexpected eventuality; (contextually) mishap, fortuitous circumstance. Also: an occurrence of this type. Frequently in…

Chance, accident (as a state of things). ? Obsolete.

The chance or fortune that falls to a person; luck.

? Fortune, hap. (Cf. infortunity, n.)

= chance, n.

Unexpected or unforeseen circumstance; chance, fortune; (contextually) mischance.

Absence of design or assignable cause, fortuity; often itself spoken of as the cause or determiner of events, which appear to happen without the…

The coming to pass of anything without predetermination, freedom from necessity; chance; happening by chance; = contingency, n. 3.

The action or an act of drawing or casting lots as a means of decision-making or (in early use) divination. Now chiefly (as an extended use of…

Chance; the state of being ‘casual’; a chance or casual occurrence, contingency; esp. an unfortunate occurrence, accident, casualty.

The quality or condition of being contingent. The befalling or occurrence of anything without preordination; chance; fortuitousness.

The quality or fact of being accidental (in various senses). Cf. accidentality, n.

The quality or fact of being accidental (in various senses). Cf. accidentalness, n.

The quality of being fortuitous; accident, chance, fortuity.

Causeless quality or nature.

Chance, fortuity: cf. temerarious, adj. 2. Obsolete.

Fortuitous character, fortuitousness; accident, chance; an accidental occurrence. Occasionally used for: Appearance of fortuitousness or…

The fact or quality in things of being spontaneous in respect of production, occurrence, etc.

Singular fortunateness (of an occurrence). Cf. 4.

= accidentality, n.; (also) an instance of this.