Sekirov Dictionary

harm

UK /hɑːm/US /hɑɹm/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

noun4

•
damage done to someone's body or to something
- No harm came to my possessions.
- You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.
•
Emotional or figurative hurt.
- Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.
•
Detriment; misfortune.
- I wish him no harm.
•
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms. — 1606

verb1

•
To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
- Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth? — 2020

forms

harmed · harming · harmeth · harms · harmest

Phrases with harm

no harm, no foul
Although technically a breach of some code or law may have occurred, there was no actual damage meriting punishment, apology or retribution.

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