harmlessness
harmlessness noun: the characteristic of being harmless.
Noun
harmlessness (usually uncountable, plural harmlessnesses)
- The characteristic of being harmless.
- Already, at this very early date, the ritualists were moving towards the ideal of ahimsa ("harmlessness") that would become the indispensable virtue of the Indian Axial Age.2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 79
harmlessness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
harmlessness in Hindi
- the characteristic of being harmless
- अहिंसा ahinsā
harmlessness in Tamil
- அகிஞ்சை, கவர்வு, ஏழை
harmlessness in Urdu
- the characteristic of being harmless
- اهنسا ahiṅsā
harmlessness in Telugu
- the characteristic of being harmless
- అహింస ahiṁsa
More languagesFewer languages
- harmlessness in Malayalam
- നിരുപദ്രവത്വം nirupadravatvaṁ
- harmlessness in Sanskrit
- अहिंसा ahiṃsā
Synonyms of harmlessness
Antonyms
Forms of harmlessness
| plural | harmlessnesses |
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Origin of harmlessness
From harmless + -ness.
Questions about harmlessness
- What does harmlessness mean?
- Harmlessness means the characteristic of being harmless.
- What is harmlessness in Hindi?
- Harmlessness in Hindi is अहिंसा (ahinsā). See Harmlessness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is harmlessness?
- Harmlessness is a noun.
- What is the plural of harmlessness?
- The plural of harmlessness is harmlessnesses.
Words near harmlessness in the dictionary
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