a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
be the case by chance
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
the possibility of future success
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
