2. (modifier) innocent, blameless, faultless, guiltless, honest, not guilty, sinless.
Kīhai tēnei i homai hei taonga mō te tangata harakore, engari mō te tangata hara hei whakakaha i te ngoikore o te tangata (TP 2/1907:2). / This was not given as a gift for an innocent person, but for the sinful person to strengthen a person's weakness.
3. (noun) without offence, innocence, blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, honesty, sinlessness.
Ko te hiahia tonu tēnei o te Kuīni, o ngā Kāwana katoa, me ngā Rūnanga Pākehā, kia noho tahi ai tātou i runga i te harakore (TMT 15/5/1861:7). / This has been the continuing desire of the Queen, of all the Governors, and of the Pākehā Assemblies, that we should all live together without offence.
