Definition of Offenceless

1. Adjective. Incapable of offending or attacking.

Exact synonyms: Offenseless
Similar to: Inoffensive, Unoffending

Definition of Offenceless

1. Adjective. (alternative form of offenseless) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Offenceless

offals
offbase
offbear
offbeat
offbeats
offboard
offcap
offcast
offcasts
offcome
offcomer
offcut
offcuts
offed
offence
offenceless (current term)
offences
offencive
offencively
offend
offendable
offendant
offended
offendedly
offendedness
offendee
offendees
offender
offenders
offendest

Literary usage of Offenceless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hymns of the Eastern Church by John Mason Neale, Stephen Georgeson Hatherly (1882)
"I pray Thee, that offenceless -f The hours of dark may be. O JESU ! keep me in Thy sight, And save me through the coming night ! ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"O Jesu, keep me in Thy sight, And guard me through the coming night The joys of day are over; I lift my heart to Thee, And ask Thee that offenceless The ..."

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