Nocent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnəʊ.sənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nocent is an adjective meaning (rare) Causing injury; harmful.
Meaning
(rare) Causing injury; harmful.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) guilty; not innocent
- (obsolete) A guilty person.
Example Sentences
He is not innocent, whom the kinge iudgeth nocent.
[…] no nocent is absolved by the verdict of himself.
[…] 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.
Nocent, not innocent he is, that seeketh to deface, By word the thing, that he by deed hat taught men to imbrace; Which being now a Bishop old, doth study to destroy The thing, which he a young man once did covet to injoy.
Word Forms
- nocents
Synonyms for nocent
Depending on context, synonyms include injurious, nocuous, harmful, damaging, deleterious, detrimental.
Antonyms for nocent
Common opposites include innocent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include harmful, nocive, nocuous, innocent, harmless, innocuous.
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Sources & Attribution
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