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harm⋅less

[hahrm-lis]
–adjective
1. without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous: He looks mean but he's harmless; a harmless Halloween prank.
2. without injury; unhurt; unharmed.
3. hold harmless, Law. to relieve from responsibility or liability for any damage or loss. Also, save harmless.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME. See harm, -less


harm⋅less⋅ly, adverb
harm⋅less⋅ness, noun


1. inoffensive, mild, innocent, unobjectionable, benign.
harm·less   (härm'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Not causing or incapable of causing harm.
  2. Not intended to harm or offend; inoffensive.
  3. Free from loss or legal liability: Under the agreement, I would be held harmless if the other parties defaulted.
harm'less·ly adv., harm'less·ness n.

Harmless

Harm"less\, a. 1. Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

2. Free from power or disposition to harm; innocent; inoffensive. " The harmless deer." --Drayton

Syn: Innocent; innoxious; innocuous; inoffensive; unoffending; unhurt; uninjured; unharmed. --Harm"less*ly, adv.- Harm"less*ness, n.
Language Translation for : harmless
Spanish: inofensivo, inocuo,
German: harmlos,
Japanese: 無害な

Main Entry: harm·less
Function: adjective
1 : free from harm, liability, or loss —often used in the phrase to hold harmless—see also HOLD HARMLESS
2 : lacking capacity or intent to injure —harm·less·ly adverbharm·less·ness noun
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