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nonoffending

nonoffending adjective: not violating the law.

Adjective

nonoffending (not comparable)

  1. Not violating the law.
    • In these cases, the available nonoffending parent is almost always the mother.2001, Rebecca Morris Bolen, Child sexual abuse: its scope and our failure, page 187

Origin of nonoffending

From non- + offending.

Questions about nonoffending

What does nonoffending mean?
Nonoffending means not violating the law.
What part of speech is nonoffending?
Nonoffending is an adjective.

Words near nonoffending in the dictionary

  1. nonodontogenic
  2. nonodorous
  3. nonoestrogenic
  4. nonoffender
  5. nonoffenders
  6. nonoffending
  7. nonoffensive
  8. nonoffice
  9. nonofficeholding
  10. nonofficer
  11. nonofficers

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