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innocent
[ in-uh-suhnt ]
adjective
- free from moral wrong; without sin; pure:
innocent children.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms:
- free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless:
innocent of the crime.
Antonyms:
- 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.
Synonyms: , , ,
- uninformed or unaware; ignorant.
noun
- an innocent person.
- a young child.
- a guileless person.
- a simpleton or idiot.
- Usually innocents. (used with a singular verb) bluet ( def 1 ).
innocent
/ ˈɪəəԳ /
adjective
- not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
- not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
- postpositivefoll byof 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
noun
- an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
- a simple-minded person; simpleton
Derived Forms
- ˈԲԴdzԳٱ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- n·Գ· adverb
- ܲȴ-n·Գ adjective
- quasi-n·Գ· adverb
- p·n·Գ adjective
- super·n·Գ· adverb
- ܲ·n·Գ adjective
- un·n·Գ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They also believed that it was on the ordinary citizens of America to take up arms against a tyrannical ruling order, no matter what the cost to innocent lives might be.
Their preparations to emigrate to America include training the innocent Karl to avoid recognition.
Without mentioning the demolitions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the guilty must be punished without mercy, "but don't let innocent people become collateral damage".
Civil rights lawyers warn that some migrants are being deported without due process, sweeping up the innocent among the "killers and thugs" that Trump says are being targeted.
She said she believes that Miller was innocent of espionage, and that he really was trying to infiltrate the KGB.
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