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Synonyms
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, safe, white
Antonyms
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
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1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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