nonoffending

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adjective

Not violating the law.

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Meanings

adjectivenonoffending (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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

From non- + offending.

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APA

nonoffending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoffending

MLA

“nonoffending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoffending. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonoffending,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonoffending.

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