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- Dictionaryinnocent/ˈɪnəsnt/
adjective
- 1. not guilty of a crime or offence: "the prisoners were later found innocent" Similar Opposite
- 2. not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences: "an innocent bystander"
noun
- 1. a pure, guileless, or naive person: "a young innocent abroad"
- 2. a person involved by chance in a situation, especially a victim of crime or war: "they are prepared to kill or maim innocents in pursuit of a cause"
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us / ˈɪn·ə·sənt /. Add to word list. (of a person) not guilty of a particular crime, or having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life, or (of words or an action) not intended to cause harm: He pleaded innocent to all charges against him. It was a totally innocent kind of mistake.
The meaning of INNOCENT is free from legal guilt or fault; also : lawful. How to use innocent in a sentence.
INNOCENT meaning: 1. (of a person) not guilty of a particular crime: 2. having no knowledge of the unpleasant and…. Learn more.
innocent, blameless, guiltless imply freedom from the responsibility of having done wrong. innocent may imply having done no wrong at any time, and having not even a knowledge of evil: an innocent victim. blameless denotes freedom from blame, esp. moral blame: a blameless life.
free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless: innocent of the crime. Antonyms: guilty. 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.
Innocent is an adjective that describes someone or something that is not harmful or at least doesn’t cause harm on purpose. It can also be used when talking about a person who did not commit a crime.
1. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child. 2. a. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges. b. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful. 3. a. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank. b. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare. 4. a.
the quality of not having much experience of life and not knowing about the bad things that happen in life: She has a child-like innocence which I find very appealing. Fewer examples. It took 15 years for the alleged criminals to prove their innocence. She has this apparent innocence which, I suspect, she uses to her advantage.
not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong. They have imprisoned an innocent man. innocent of something She was found innocent of any crime. innocent of doing something I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money. He was the innocent party (= person) in the dispute.
having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things synonym naive an innocent young child. innocently. adverb “Oh, Sue went too, did she?” I asked innocently (= pretending I did not know that this was important). See innocent in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: innocent.
