English Explanatory Dictionary

do no harm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To perform no actions which will be injurious or in any way unfavorable to another person, regardless of whether one does anything of positive benefit for that other person.

Word forms

do no harm does no harm doing no harm did no harm done no harm

Etymology

Calque of Latin prīmum nōn nocēre.

Related words

nonharmful beneficence nonmaleficence primum non nocere
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