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Harmless

Free from harm; unhurt; as, to give bond to save another harmless.

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Innocuous 84% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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Innocuous 84% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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Benign 66% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Benign 66% connected

Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.

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Innocuous 66% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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Innocuous 66% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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Painless 66% connected

Free from pain; without pain.

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Painless 66% connected

Free from pain; without pain.

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Safe 66% connected

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…

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Safe 66% connected

Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from sto…

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Harmful 94% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Harmful 94% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Agnostic noun · 78% connection

One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism, neither affirming…

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Antedate verb · 78% connection

To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the tr…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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But adv. & conj. · 78% connection

Except; besides; save.

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Conserve verb · 78% connection

To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

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covalent bond noun · 78% connection

A bond in which atoms share electrons.

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Credit verb · 78% connection

To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit…

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Deliver verb · 78% connection

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from…

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Ditto noun · 78% connection

The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, book…

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Economy noun · 78% connection

Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a h…

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Emancipate verb · 78% connection

To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child…

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Fetter noun · 78% connection

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid…

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Gang verb · 78% connection

A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

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Hurtless adjective · 78% connection

Doing no injury; harmless; also, unhurt; without injury or harm.

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Hydrogen bond noun · 78% connection

a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side being a coval…

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Indemnify verb · 78% connection

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to insure.

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Indulge verb · 78% connection

to give free course to; to give one's self up to; as, to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations;

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Injure verb · 78% connection

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as…

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