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• harm´less|ly — harm|less «HAHRM lihs», adjective. 1. causing no harm; not harmful; that would not harm anyone or anything: »harmless gossip, harmless as doves. SYNONYM(S): inoffensive, innocuous. 2. free from liability or loss, as by an agreement. 3. free from… …   Useful english dictionary

• harm|less — «HAHRM lihs», adjective. 1. causing no harm; not harmful; that would not harm anyone or anything: »harmless gossip, harmless as doves. SYNONYM(S): inoffensive, innocuous. 2. free from liability or loss, as by an agreement. 3. free from harm or… …   Useful english dictionary

• harm´less|ness — harm|less «HAHRM lihs», adjective. 1. causing no harm; not harmful; that would not harm anyone or anything: »harmless gossip, harmless as doves. SYNONYM(S): inoffensive, innocuous. 2. free from liability or loss, as by an agreement. 3. free from… …   Useful english dictionary

• harm — harm·er; harm·ful; harm·ful·ly; harm·ful·ness; harm·less; harm·less·ly; harm·less·ness; harm; …   English syllables

• Harm reduction — is a philosophy of public health, intended to be a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain potentially dangerous lifestyle choices in society. The central idea of harm reduction is the recognition that some people always have and… …   Wikipedia

• harm — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)m[/t]] ♦♦♦ harms, harming, harmed 1) VERB To harm a person or animal means to cause them physical injury, usually on purpose. [V n] The hijackers seemed anxious not to harm anyone. Syn: injure, hurt 2) N UNCOUNT: oft N to n …   English dictionary

• Harm's Way (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Harm s Way image caption = author = James Bassett cover artist = Carl Smith country = United States language = English series = genre = War novel publisher = World Publishing Co release date = 1962 media type = Print… …   Wikipedia

• -less — suffix (in adjectives) 1 without something: a childless couple (=who have no children) | It s quite harmless. (=will not harm you) | He was hatless. (=wore no hat) | endless complaints (=that never end) 2 never doing something: a tireless helper… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Self-harm — This article focuses on repetitive self harm, not on severe self harm inflicted during psychosis. For forms of self harm related to body image, sexuality and wartime, see Body modification, Algolagnia and Self inflicted wound respectively. Self… …   Wikipedia

• Grievous bodily harm — For other uses, see Grievous Bodily Harm (disambiguation). Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the… …   Wikipedia