[{"word":"nonces","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That will do for the nonce, but we'll need a better answer for the long term."},{"definition":"A nonce word.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I had thought that the term was a nonce, but it seems as if it's been picked up by other authors."},{"definition":"A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(prisons) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"1989 \"assorted nonces, ponces and murderers, 'the worst men in the world' [...] on the nonce wing, where the child-killers, molesters and various perverts have to be protected from the other prisoners.\" (New Statesman, New Society, Volume 2, Statesman & Nation Publishing Company Limited)"},{"definition":"(prisons) A police informer, one who betrays a criminal enterprise","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A stupid or worthless person.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Shut it, ya nonce!"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonce","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nonces"]}]