Innocent

Word INNOCENT
Character 8
Hyphenation in no cent
Pronunciations /ˈɪnəsn̩t/

Definitions and meanings of "Innocent"

What do we mean by innocent?

Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless. adjective

Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless. adjective

Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful. adjective

Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous. adjective

Candid; straightforward. adjective

Not experienced or worldly; naive. adjective

Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless. adjective

Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant. adjective

Unaware. adjective

Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something. adjective

A person, especially a child, who is free of evil or sin. noun

A simple, guileless, inexperienced, or unsophisticated person. noun

A very young child. noun

In pathology, benign; not malignant.

Free from any quality that can cause physical or moral injury; harmless in effect; innoxious.

Free from any moral wrong; not tainted with sin; upright; pure: as, innocent children; an innocent action.

One who is innocent, especially a young child.

A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Innocent

The word "innocent" in example sentences

Many innocent acts _occasion_ evil, and in such case all I am bound to ask myself before doing such _innocent act_, is, "Shall I occasion, on the whole, more harm or good." ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

This innocent rhetoric, from the realm of religious-ethical balderdash, appears _a good deal less innocent_ when one reflects upon the tendency that it conceals beneath sublime words: the tendency to _destroy life_. ❋ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1872)

This twisted notion that we would only observe our own laws, our own Constitution, our own Enlightenment Age ideals-if there was something in it for us, if we could somehow profit by it - appalls me. brought to mind something in a talk given by Sabine Willet (one of the attys for the Uighur and a commerical bankruptucy lawyer who felt compelled by the injustice to do something - while DOJ litigators felt compelled to lie to courts and continue to block habeas requests for men who their own files showed were innocent and had been abused and tortured bc of governmental policy that * no one leaves GITMO innocent*) ❋ Unknown (2009)

The phrase "innocent bystander" is ironic; in reality, bystanders are as guilty as perpetrators when it comes to perpetuating the patterns of violence in this country. ❋ Lisa Firestone (2011)

Sure, some innocent, and I use the term innocent loosely because it would be hard for a priest to be innocent in that environment of poverty, occassionly get shot unintensionly. ❋ Nathaniel Livingston (2006)

Maybe I believe in what you called the innocent until proven guilty bit. ❋ J.A. Jance (2008)

The Homeland Security secretary said most of those incursions are what he called innocent, and he declared reporting on the issue has been overblown and not helpful. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Some have maintained that we should conform to the ways of the world somewhat — at least, enough to show that we can enjoy the world and religion too; and that we make religion appear repulsive to unconverted souls by turning our backs upon what they call their innocent amusements. ❋ Unknown (1944)

However, documents submitted to the Texas Comptroller's Office lacked the word "innocent." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Abe Mashal, a 30-year-old dog trainer and former Marine from St. Charles, Ill., who was not allowed on a Chicago-to-Spokane flight in April because he had sent what he described as innocent e-mails to a Muslim cleric agents were watching. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jackson once acknowledged in a television interview that he sometimes let children sleep with him in his bed in what he called innocent sleepovers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But now we’re ordered back inside and told to line up in the living room, side by side, on the very spot where I made the word innocent in Scrabble last night and scored 15 points. ❋ Jennifer Foote Sweeney (2008)

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