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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 byof ).
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.
(used with a singular verb)Usually innocents. bluet.
innocent
/ ˈɪəəԳ /
adjective
not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
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
Other Word Forms
- innocently adverb
- quasi-innocent adjective
- quasi-innocently adverb
- superinnocent adjective
- superinnocently adverb
- uninnocent adjective
- uninnocently adverb
- ˈԲԴdzԳٱ adverb
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"Historically in Britain, we have a history that you are innocent until proven guilty but when an algorithm, a camera and a facial recognition system gets involved, you are guilty."
Those who were accused under Operation Midland, she said, were treated as though they were "guilty until proved innocent", rather than the other way around.
Family members of some of those men, however, have disputed any gang ties, with some arguing that they were swept up as a result of innocent tattoos.
Roz is the reader’s proxy, an innocent who acclimates to the complex rhythms of the natural world.
Robert Dawes was an international drug trafficker who was eventually arrested in Spain and has now been jailed in the Netherlands for ordering a hitman to kill an innocent teacher.
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