HARMLESSNESS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

harmlessness

noun

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as in purity

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Recent Examples of harmlessness What happens, for example, when harmlessness conflicts with helping the user? — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The resulting right-metal-right catalyst was then able to react, allowing for the formation of a product having very high optical purity.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
Through the ball’s circular shape and its lack of color, the painting knowingly winks at Piet Mondrian’s Composition 10 in Black and White (1915), then defiles the Dutch modernist’s aesthetic purity.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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The government’s more expansive hijab and chastity law was suspended but not repealed.

— Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
The only exception comes once a year, when the nationwide chastity mandate is temporarily lifted and the use of protection is mandatory.

— Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chastity

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