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Meaning of innocent in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈɪnəsənt/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    innocent

    Definitions

    1. lacking intent or capacity to injure

    Examples

    • « an innocent prank »

    Synonyms

    • harmless
  2. 2. free from sin

    Synonyms

    • virtuous
  3. 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. 4. used of things

    Examples

    • « lacking sense or awareness »
    • « ignorant hope »
    • « fine innocent weather »

    Synonyms

    • unconscious
  5. Noun

    innocent

    Definitions

    1. a person who lacks knowledge of evil
  6. 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

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