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"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "bűntelen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "ártatlan"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "innocens"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "castus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "harakore"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "suçsuz"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "suçsuz",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "صوچسز"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "günahsız",
"sense": "Free from guilt — see also innocent",
"word": "كناهسز"
}
],
"word": "guiltless"
}
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