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   innocent

   /ˈɪnəsnt/

   adjective

   • 1. not guilty of a crime or offence: "the prisoners were later found innocent" Similar guiltlessguilt-freenot guiltyblamelessnot to blamein the clearunimpeachableirreproachableabove suspicionbeyond criticismwithout faultfaultlesshonourablehonestuprightupstandinglaw-abidingincorruptinformal:squeaky cleanOpposite guilty
   • ▪ without experience or knowledge of: "a man innocent of war's cruelties"
   • ▪ without; lacking: "a street quite innocent of bookshops" Similar free fromwithoutlacking (in)empty ofclear ofunacquainted withignorant ofunaware ofunfamiliar withuntouched byrare:nescient of
   • 2. not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences: "an innocent bystander"
   • 3. free from moral wrong; not corrupted: "an innocent child" Similar virtuouspuresinlessfree of sinmoraldecentrighteousuprightwholesomedemuremodestchastevirginalvirginimpeccablepristinespotlessstainlessunblemishedunsulliedincorruptuncorrupteduncontaminatedundefiledinformal:squeaky cleanwhiter than whiteas pure as the driven snowimmaculateOpposite sinful
   • ▪ simple; naive: "she is a poor, innocent young creature" Similar naiveingenuoustrustingtrustfulover-trustingcredulousunsuspiciousunsuspectingunwaryunguardedunscepticalimpressionablegullibleeasily deceivedeasily taken ineasily ledinexperiencedunworldlyunsophisticatedgreenwide-eyedsimpleartlessguilelesschildlikefrankopeninformal:wet behind the earsborn yesterdayas green as grassOpposite worldly
   • 4. not involving or intended to cause harm or offence; harmless: "an innocent mistake" Similar harmlessinnocuoussafenon-injuriousunobjectionableinoffensiveplayful

   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"
   • ▪ the young children killed by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:16).

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.

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