Harm

//hɑːm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Physical injury; hurt; damage. countable, uncountable

    "No harm came to my possessions."

  2. 2
    the act of damaging something or someone wordnet
  3. 3
    Emotional or figurative hurt. countable, uncountable

    "Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm."

  4. 4
    the occurrence of a change for the worse wordnet
  5. 5
    Detriment; misfortune. countable, uncountable

    "I wish him no harm."

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  1. 6
    any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury wordnet
  2. 7
    That which causes injury, damage, or loss. countable, uncountable

    "We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms."

Verb
  1. 1
    To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

    "Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth?"

  2. 2
    cause or do harm to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).

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