Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having a tendency to cause harm;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nocent \No"cent\, n.
A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nocent \No"cent\ (n[=o]"sent), a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere
to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful;
mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. --I. Watts.
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2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nocent
adj 1: having a tendency to cause harm