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/ ˈɪn ə sənt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless: innocent of the crime.
not involving evil intent or motive: an innocent misrepresentation.
not causing physical or moral injury; harmless: innocent fun.
devoid (usually followed by of ): a law innocent of merit.
having or showing the simplicity or naiveté of an unworldly person; guileless; ingenuous.
uninformed or unaware; ignorant.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun an innocent person.
a young child.
a guileless person.
a simpleton or idiot.
Usually innocents. (used with a singular verb ) bluet (def. 1).
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of innocent First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English, from Latin innocent- (stem of innocēns ) “harmless,” equivalent to in- in-3 + nocēns present participle of nocēre “to harm”; see -ent; cf. noxious
SYNONYMS FOR innocent 1 sinless, virtuous; faultless, impeccable, spotless, immaculate.
6 simple, naive, unsophisticated, artless.
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synonym study for innocent 2 . Innocent, blameless, guiltless imply freedom from the responsibility of having done wrong. Innocent may imply having done no wrong at any time, and having not even a knowledge of evil: an innocent victim. Blameless denotes freedom from blame, especially moral blame: a blameless life. Guiltless denotes freedom from guilt or responsibility for wrongdoing, usually in a particular instance: guiltless of a crime.
OTHER WORDS FROM innocent in·no·cent·ly, adverb qua·si-in·no·cent, adjective qua·si-in·no·cent·ly, adverb su·per·in·no·cent, adjective
su·per·in·no·cent·ly, adverb un·in·no·cent, adjective un·in·no·cent·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH innocent 1. acquitted, innocent , nolo contendere 2. innocence, innocents Words nearby innocent innit, innkeeper, in no case, innocence, innocency, innocent , Innocent I, Innocent II, Innocent III, Innocent IV, Innocent IX
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Example sentences from the Web for innocent There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
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Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
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Koenig must know by now that second to knowing if Adnan is innocent , we want to know if she thinks Adnan is innocent .
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“They are innocent of the charges leveled against them,” a statement issued by Farmer, who also represents the accused, said.
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Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm.
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Now that the storm was over, it was a pure and innocent happiness to be with him.
The White Sister | F. Marion Crawford
All these are natural expressions of innocent gaiety and youthful elasticity of spirits, whereof this world sees far too little.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeley
The thirteen-year-old brow is puckered with anguish, the child-face pale with dread, tear after tear falls from the innocent eyes.
Stories and Pictures | Isaac Loeb Peretz
Her eyes sparkled, her cheeks glowed—she seemed the epitome of innocent , happy girlhood.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer Myers
The man was innocent of any evil intent on this occasion, but Ravenshaw would have quarrelled with an angel just then.
The Red Man's Revenge | R.M. Ballantyne
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British Dictionary definitions for innocent adjective not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
(postpositive foll by of ) free (of); lacking innocent of all knowledge of history
harmless or innocuous an innocent game not cancerous an innocent tumour credulous, naive, or artless
simple-minded; slow-witted
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
a simple-minded person; simpleton
Derived forms of innocent innocently , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to innocent virtuous, pure, legitimate, uninvolved, honest, gullible, ignorant, innocuous, childlike, wide-eyed, good, virginal, stainless, clear, safe, guiltless, clean, upright, square, simple
Medical definitions for innocent adj. Not apparently harmful; benign.
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