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Meaning of innocent in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnəsənt/
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Classifying Adjective
innocent
Definitions
1.
lacking intent or capacity to injure
Examples
« an innocent prank »
Synonyms
harmless
2.
free from sin
Synonyms
virtuous
3.
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
Examples
« a child's innocent stare »
« his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it »
Synonyms
naive
naif
4.
used of things
Examples
« lacking sense or awareness »
« ignorant hope »
« fine innocent weather »
Synonyms
unconscious
Noun
innocent
Definitions
1.
a person who lacks knowledge of evil
Qualitative Adjective
innocent
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent-‘not harming’, from in-‘not’ + nocere‘to hurt’
Definitions
1.
free from evil or guilt
Examples
« an innocent child »
« the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty »
Synonyms
absolved
clear
cleared
exculpated
exonerated
vindicated
acquitted
not guilty
blameless
inculpable
irreproachable
unimpeachable
Antonyms
guilty
See also
exculpatory
righteous