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1
playful, reckless behavior that is not intended to cause serious harm
- the children claimed that setting off a firecracker was harmless mischief, but they got a lecture anyway
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2
a natural disposition for playful behavior
- your mother was full of mischief as a child, believe it or not
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- gaiety
- (also gayety),
- jocularity,
- jocundity,
- lightheartedness,
- mirthfulness,
- whimsicality
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3
an appealingly mischievous person
- he's a little mischief who means no harm
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