harm

Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”).

noun

1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
   No harm came to my possessions.
   You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the balls. Especially if they get revenge and bring out a bazooka and blast your head off.
2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
   Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.
3. Detriment; misfortune.
   I wish him no harm.
4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

verb

1. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.
   Will justice and conscience of society not be harmed if people avoid the truth? December 16, 2020, Yan Ming, “Awakening Moral Conscience”, in Minghui