innocent
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: more innocent
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most innocent
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: hinnocent
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: innocents
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: hinnocent
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
pos: adj
examples: I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
The situation certainly looked bad, but it turned out that everything was innocent.
to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god
2018 September 26, Brian Karem, "Bethesda Resident Describes "Culture Of Privilege" Leading To Exploitation And Abuse" in The Montgomery County Sentinelhttps://web.archive.org/web/20180927140428/https://mont.thesentinel.com/2018/09/26/bethesda-resident-describes-culture-of-privilege-leading-to-sexual-assault/
"These were not innocent times," she said.
gloss: Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
pos: adj
gloss: Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Naive; artless.
pos: adj
examples: I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;
gloss: Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
pos: adj
examples: The spear / Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
Although an innocent murmur is not an obstacle to participation in sports and exercise, a pathologic murmur may necessitate restrictions on the child's physical activity.
gloss: Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
pos: adj
tags: with-of
examples: George was not a believer in modern innovations. The Abbey was innocent of anything so up to date as central heating.
At the beginning of July Stafford station was innocent of buildings, except for a couple of coach bodies to house the staff, but the temporary accommodation to cover the period of building the new station was well on the way to completion.
Her only slight comfort is that they are not as bad as the new litter of Awful children who resulted from this marriage, Lisa, Adam, Jason, and Kristen. By all reports, they are entirely innocent of manners of any kind.
gloss: Lawful; permitted.
pos: adj
examples: an innocent trade
gloss: Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
pos: adj
examples: innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
gloss: One who is innocent, especially a young child.
pos: noun
examples: The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
We were asked to strike that impossible balance between being innocents and whores.
gloss: A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Synonyms: blameless
clean
clean-handed
clean as a hound's tooth
clean as a whistle
clear
dovelike
guiltless
innocent
innocent as the babe unborn
innocent as the child unborn
irreprehensible
nonblameworthy
not guilty
offenseless
pure
righteous
sackless
sinless
unblameable
unblameworthy
uncalculating
unguilty
Antonyms: blameworthy
guilty
nocent
Related words: innocence
innocently
innocuous
praiseworthy
Derived words: innocent agent
innocent as a lamb
innocent as a newborn babe
innocent as the babe unborn
innocent as the child unborn
innocent bystander
innocentness
innocent passage
noninnocent
pseudoinnocent
uninnocent
Translations:
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məsum
lang: Bulgarian
word: безвреден
roman: bezvreden
lang: Bulgarian
word: доброкачествен
lang: Catalan
word: innocent
lang: Finnish
word: viaton
lang: Finnish
word: harmiton
lang: Galician
word: inocente
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀβλαβής
roman: ablabḗs
lang: Latvian
word: nevainīgs
lang: Portuguese
word: inocente
lang: Russian
word: неви́нный
roman: nevínnyj
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ضررسز
roman: zararsız
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: زیانسز
roman: ziyansız
lang: Walloon
word: enocin
lang: Welsh
word: diniwed