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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3421 COCA: 2775

innocent

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
innocent /ˈɪnəsənt/ adjective
innocent
/ˈɪnəsənt/
adjective
Learner's definition of INNOCENT
[more innocent; most innocent]
: not guilty of a crime or other wrong act无罪的;清白的
opposite guilty
always used before a noun : not deserving to be harmed无辜受害的
: lacking experience with the world and the bad things that happen in life不谙世故的;天真无邪的
: not intended to cause harm or trouble无恶意的;无害的
not used before a noun, somewhat formal : having no knowledge of something无知

— innocent

noun, plural innocents [count]

— innocently

adverb
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3421 COCA: 2775

innocent

1 of 2

adjective

in·​no·​cent ˈi-nə-sənt How to pronounce innocent (audio)
1
a
: free from legal guilt or fault
also : lawful
a wholly innocent transaction
b
: free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : blameless
an innocent child
c
: harmless in effect or intention
… searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation. Leonard Wibberley
also : candid
gave me an innocent gaze
2
a
: lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : artless, ingenuous
b
: ignorant
… almost entirely innocent of Latin. C. L. Wrenn
also : unaware
… perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created … B. R. Haydon
3
: lacking or deprived of something
… her face innocent of cosmetics … Marcia Davenport
innocently adverb

innocent

2 of 2

noun

plural innocents
: a person who is innocent: such as
a
: a person free from sin : a young child
the biblical massacre/slaughter of the innocents
b
: a naïve, inexperienced, or unsophisticated person
a political innocent
… during a great land boom in which immense fortunes were made and innocents like himself fleeced. Arthur Miller
c
: a blameless person : a person who does not deserve to be harmed
The war caused the death of thousands of innocents.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective He says that he is innocent of the crime. She was found innocent of all charges. A person accused of a crime is considered innocent until proven guilty. Someone told your secret, but it wasn't me. I'm innocent.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Ten years after her college friend was killed, a woman learns that the man convicted of her murder may have been innocent. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 Reed's defense maintained that their client was innocent and urged jurors to carefully examine the evidence, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Landon Mion, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Ignacio Fernandez Lahongrais, a lawyer for Ms. Vázquez Garced, said the former governor was innocent. Allison Prang, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 Officials said that modern Russian tanks were now being used to kill innocent people in Ukraine. Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 There was also a deadly suicide bomb attack at the airport and a US drone strike killed 10 innocent people at a home, including seven children. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022 There, his reporting freed two innocent people from incarceration, including one man who was 20 years into a life sentence and one facing life. Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2022 The blood of innocent people, including children, is on the hands of everyone who has supported Putin or stood by silently. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022 The ad makers took something designed to do good and turned it into something evil, which will harm innocent people. Herschel Walker, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
Noun
White said investigators have yet to determine if the woman was the intended target of Tuesday's violence or an innocent who was cut down in the crossfire. Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022 And like so many people, I was horrified by what happened in Texas, by what happened in Buffalo, by what’s been happening, quite frankly, all over our country, in terms of gun violence against the innocent. Liam Hess, Vogue, 16 June 2022 Her image can be seen on statues and billboards worldwide; her name is synonymous with courage, with resistance to persecution, with the death of an innocent. Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022 As Ukraine puts up a fierce defense Russia turns its guns on the innocent. NBC News, 20 Mar. 2022 The group works also to fix the legal systems that convict the innocent. cleveland, 7 Mar. 2022 Those who suffer trauma are not excused from inflicting trauma on the innocent. Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021 Most of the novel takes place in a shack where the child was killed and where the man goes to confront God about an ancient question: How can a loving and all-powerful God allow the innocent to suffer? Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2021 Rye is a shy romantic—the quintessential innocent destined to be wised up by novel’s end. Maureen Corrigan, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in- + nocent-, nocens wicked, from present participle of nocēre to harm — more at noxious

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of innocent was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3421 COCA: 2775
innocent

adjective¹

1not guilty無罪VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, plead無罪;辯稱無罪He pleaded innocent to the charges.對各項指控他申辯自己是清白的。believe sb, presume sb相信某人無辜;推定某人無罪I had always believed her innocent.我一直相信她是清白的。The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty.被告人只要沒被證明有罪就應該推定其無罪。declare sb, find sb, prove sb宣佈/判決/證明某人無罪The court found her innocent of the crime.法庭判決她無罪。ADVERBcompletely, entirely, totally, wholly (especially BrE) 完全清白;完全無辜PREPOSITIONof無⋯罪I am totally innocent of this crime.我完全是無辜的,與這一罪案無關。
innocent

adjective²

2not intended/intending to cause harm沒有惡意VERBS | ADVERB VERBSact, appear, be, look, play, seem, sound故作無辜;顯得無辜;沒有惡意;看上去無惡意;假裝無辜;似乎沒有惡意;聽起來無辜Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please.別裝無辜了,請回答我的問題。ADVERBvery毫無惡意all, perfectly絲毫沒有惡意;毫無冒犯之意She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question.她問問題時盡量使語氣顯得毫無惡意。The circumstance could be perfectly innocent, but suspicions have been raised.雖然情況顯得沒有任何危險,但還是有人表示懷疑。relatively相對來說沒有惡意apparently, seemingly表面上/貌似沒有惡意
innocent

adjective³

3with no experience of the world不諳世事VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBSact, appear, be, seem故作天真;看似天真;天真;似乎天真She was sixteen and sweetly innocent.她當時 16 歲,純真可愛。ADVERBvery很天真sweetly天真可愛deceptively裝作天真He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike.他給人的印象是天真幼稚。sexually不諳性事PHRASESsweet and innocent可愛天真Don't be fooled by them acting all sweet and innocent.別上他們的當,他們那是故作親切、佯裝天真。

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