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nocent

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈnəʊ.sənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cennotStarts with NEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having a tendency to cause harm

Word origin

From Middle English nocent (“guilty”), from Latin nocens, present participle of nocere (“to harm”). Doublet of nuisant.

Used in a sentence

  • He is not innocent, whom the kinge iudgeth nocent.
  • […] there is no reason that the innocents and nocents sufferings should be alike, for then punishments would not be so effectuall to terrifie others, nor to give future security to innocence.
  • […] no nocent is absolved by the verdict of himself.

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