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Definition of Offenseless
1. Adjective. Incapable of offending or attacking.
Definition of Offenseless
1. a. Unoffending; inoffensive.
Definition of Offenseless
1. Adjective. Unoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offenseless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offenseless
Literary usage of Offenseless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa, Eugene Watson Burlingame (1921)
""Thus," concluded the Teacher, "in a previous state of existence also this hunter
Koka offended against the offenseless and went to perdition for it. ..."
2. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"... Without contempt, or pride, or ostentation, And look upon offenseless majestic,
Naked of pomp or earthly domination ? And how a play-game of a painted ..."
3. The Hymnal, as Authorized and Approved: For Use by the General Convention of by Episcopal Church (1920)
"I pray thee that offenseless The hours of dark may be. O Jesus, keep me in thy
sight, And guard me through the coming night. 2 The joys of day are over: 1 ..."
4. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1916)
"Personal feud and vengeance, while not allowed, still served to distinguish such
an act from one committed on an offenseless man, and subjected the doer to ..."
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