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harmlessness

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harm·less  (härmls)
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.
harmless·ly adv.
harmless·ness n.
Translations
harmlessness
n (lit, fig) → Harmlosigkeit f; (of substance, animal also) → Ungefährlichkeit f


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"I swear by God Omnipotent," exclaimed Don Quixote at this, "your highness has hit the point; and that some vile illusion must have come before this sinner of a Sancho, that made him see what it would have been impossible to see by any other means than enchantments; for I know well enough, from the poor fellow's goodness and harmlessness, that he is incapable of bearing false witness against anybody.
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Now, indeed, was Numa, the lion, reduced to the harmlessness of Bara, the deer.
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He advanced with tentative caution, made sure of the harmlessness of the man beside the fire, and joined him.
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