lest

conj.
For fear that: tiptoed lest the guard should hear her; anxious lest he become ill.

[Middle English, from Old English (thȳ) lǣs the, (whereby) less that, so that not : lǣs, less; see less + the, relative conjunction.]

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The adverb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: for fear that

Meaning #2: that (after verbs explicitly expressing fear etc.)

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Dansk (Danish)
conj. - for at ikke, for at

Nederlands (Dutch)
uit vrees dat, opdat niet

Français (French)
conj. - de crainte de, de crainte que, de peur de, afin que, au cas où

Deutsch (German)
conj. - damit...nicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - μη τυχόν και, από φόβο μήπως, μήπως

Italiano (Italian)
per tema che

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - para que não, temendo que, a fim de que não

Русский (Russian)
чтобы не

Español (Spanish)
conj. - para que no, por miedo a que, por temor a que, para no

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - för att inte, på det att icke, av fruktan att

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
以免, 免得, 因恐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
conj. - 以免, 免得, 因恐

한국어 (Korean)
conj. - ~하기를 두려워하여, ~하면 안되므로

日本語 (Japanese)
conj. - …しないように, …しはすまいかと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) خشيه أن, مخافه أن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
conj. - ‮פן, שמא, לבל-‬

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