3syllables
innocent
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Definitions ofinnocent
1noun
- One who is innocent, especially a young child.
Example: "The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament."
- A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
1adjective
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- Naive; artless.
- (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
- (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
- (with of) Lacking (something).
- Lawful; permitted.
Example: "an innocent trade"
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
Example: "innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation"
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