Meaning

1 senses
  1. (obsolete, uncountable)Guilt; transgression.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, gui

Learned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, guilty”). Doublet of nuisance.

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See also

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