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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’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   Synonyms for INNOCENT: pure, white, honorable, chaste, righteous, immaculate, honest, impeccable; Antonyms of INNOCENT: sinful, impure, lustful, evil, lascivious, lewd, wicked, immoral.

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   Synonyms for INNOCENCE: innocency, purity, guiltlessness, blamelessness, integrity, faultlessness, impeccability, goodness; Antonyms of INNOCENCE: guilt, culpability, responsibility, blameworthiness, guiltiness, fault, evil, blame.

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   Synonyms: not guilty, guiltless, blameless, innocent of all charges, in the clear, not to blame, not at fault, faultless, clean, acquitted, exonerated, cleared. Antonyms: guilty, culpable, blameworthy, at fault, bad to the bone, guilt-stricken, indictable, caught red-handed, shamefaced. Sense: Adjective: naive.

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    an innocent person, esp. a young child or a naive adult. He was a hopeless innocent in the political world. Synonyms. child. novice. greenhorn (informal) babe in arms (informal) ingénue or (masc.) ingénu. See examples for synonyms.

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