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innocent

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈɪnəsənt

Definitions

  1. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality
  2. One who is innocent, especially a young child.
  3. A surname
  4. A surname.
  5. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act
  6. onskuldig بِبَراءَه наивно inocentemente nevinně unschuldig uskyldigt; naivt αθώαinocentemente süütult معصومانه viattomasti innocemment בִּתמִימוּת अहानिकर, अबोधक nevino ártatlanul secara polos sakleysislega innocentemente 無邪気に 천진난만하게 nekaltai nevainīgi; šķīsti; vientiesīgi dengan tidak bersalah onschuldiguskyldig, harmløst niewinnie پاكوالى ، سپسڅلتوب inocentemente inocent; cu candoare невинно; наивно nevinne nedolžno nevino oskyldigt อย่างรู้เท่าไม่ถึงการณ์ masumca, safça 清白地, 沒有惡意地,天真地 нев...
  7. A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.
  8. Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith
  9. He at last managed to prove his innocence; the innocence of a child. onskuld براءَه невинност inocência nevinnost die Unschuld uskyld αθωότηταinocencia süütus, lihtsameelsus بی گناهی؛ معصومیت viattomuus innocence אָדָם תָּמִים निर्दोषता nevinost ártatlanság kepolosan sakleysi innocenza 無罪 무죄, 결백 nekaltumas, naivumas nevainība; šķīstība; vientiesība; nevainīgums tidak bersalah onschulduskyld, harmløshetniewinność .بى ګناهى، معصوميت inocência ino­cenţă невиновность; невинность nevina, nevinnosť...
  10. Naive; artless
  11. inocente.
  12. Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign
  13. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
  14. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
  15. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
  16. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
  17. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
  18. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something: a novel innocent of literary merit.
  19. A person, especially a child, who is free of evil or sin.

Equivalents

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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.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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