'Nocent' definitions:
adjective
Having a tendency to cause harm
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Nocent \No"cent\, n.
A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Nocent \No"cent\ (n[=o]"sent), a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere
to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
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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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