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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 51Թ 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
51Թ History and Origins
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
An innocent bodega owner was minding his business when a criminal caused massive damage to his property, stole his money and topped it off with arson.
“There’s an innocent bodega owner. There’s a burglar.”
But Geragos and the brothers’ legal team say that Sirhan has, over the years, flip-flopped about his guilt and, while in prison, insisted he is innocent.
“I honestly don’t know if there is much of anything we can do,” he said about “innocent people” being sent to Guantanamo Bay or a Salvadoran prison with no release date.
"How do you prove a negative? That I had not poisoned the cat? Social media and the way it works, it's guilty until proven innocent."
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