innocent
innocent Lexical Profile
innocent Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Not guilty of a specific crime, offense, or wrongdoing; legally or morally blameless.
"The jury reviewed the new DNA evidence and declared the defendant innocent of all charges."
Free from moral corruption, malice, or worldly cynicism; pure, naive, and unsophisticated.
"Her wide-eyed, innocent curiosity reminded everyone of their own childhood."
Not intended to cause offense, injury, or harm; harmless and inoffensive.
"What began as an innocent remark about the weather somehow sparked a heated debate."
• noun
A pure, naive, or blameless person, especially a young child or an unworldly individual who is uninvolved in wrongdoing or conflict.
"International humanitarian law seeks to protect civilians and other innocents during times of armed conflict."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Old French from Latin innocens, the present participle of innocere ('to do no harm'), formed from the privative prefix in- ('not') and nocere ('to harm or injure').