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transferred intent

noun

Definitions

  1. The situation where, when the intention to harm one party inadvertently causes a second…

    The situation where, when the intention to harm one party inadvertently causes a second party to be harmed instead, the perpetrator is still held responsible.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transferred intent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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