NOCENT

nocent|nocive|nocuous. Nocent, or Nocive, or Nocuous, a. guilty, hurtful, ob.

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No″cent (nō″sent), a. [[L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]] 1. 1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.
2. 2. Guilty; — the opposite of innocent. Foxe.