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Attractive nuisance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Attractive nuisance has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

anything on your premises that might attract children into danger or harm

"their swimming pool is an attractive nuisance; they should fence it in"

2

In the legal area of torts, a hazardous object or condition that is likely to attract children who are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object or condition, and to whom the landowner can therefore be held liable for injuries.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nuisance
Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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