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innocent.

Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɪnəsənt/

  1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

    I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
    The situation certainly looked bad, but it turned out that everything was innocent.

  2. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.

  3. Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.

    He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake.
    The child's innocent question revealed the embarrassing truth in front of everyone.

  4. Naive; artless.

  5. Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.

  6. Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.

    with-of

  7. Lawful; permitted.

    an innocent trade

  8. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

    innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
Where this word comes from

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

noun/ˈɪnəsənt/

  1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.

    The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.

  2. A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

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