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nocents

nocents is the plural of nocent.

Meaning of nocent

Noun

nocent (plural nocents)

  1. (obsolete) A guilty person.
    • […] there is no reason that the innocents and nocents sufferings should be alike, for then punishments would not be so effectuall to terrifie others, nor to give future security to innocence.1649, Anthony Ascham, Of the Confusions and Revolutions of Governments, Part 3, Chapter 4, p. 190

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Questions about nocents

What is nocents the plural of?
Nocents is the plural of nocent.

Words near nocents in the dictionary

  1. Nocellas
  2. nocence
  3. nocency
  4. nocent
  5. nocently
  6. nocents
  7. Nocera Inferiore
  8. Noces
  9. noci-
  10. noci-ceptive
  11. nociceptin

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