| ADJECTIVE | all | innocent, guiltless, clean-handed | free from evil or guilt |
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| all | innocent, innocuous | lacking intent or capacity to injure / injure | |
| all | innocent, impeccant, sinless | free from sin | |
| all | innocent, ingenuous | lacking in sophistication or worldliness | |
| all | innocent, unacquainted | not knowledgeable about something specified | |
| all | innocent, barren, destitute, devoid, free | completely wanting or lacking | |
| all | innocent | (used of things) lacking sense or awareness | |
| NOUN | person | innocent, inexperienced person | a person who lacks knowledge of evil |
| Sounds | ih'nahsahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Free from evil or guilt. | |
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| Synonyms | guiltless, clean-handed | |
| Narrower | absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated | Freed from any question of guilt |
| acquitted, not guilty | declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime | |
| blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable | Free of guilt | |
| See also | exculpatory | Clearing of guilt or blame |
| righteous | Characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | |
| Opposite | guilty | Responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act |
| Spanish | inocente | |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Nouns | innocence | a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense |
| Adverbs | innocently | in a not unlawful manner |
| Meaning | lacking intent or capacity to injure / injure. | |
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| Example | "an innocent prank" | |
| Synonym | innocuous | |
| Broader | harmless | not causing or capable of causing harm |
| Spanish | innocente, inocente, inocua, inocuo | |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Meaning | Free from sin. | |
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| Synonyms | impeccant, sinless | |
| Broader | virtuous | morally excellent |
| Spanish | inocente | |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Nouns | innocence | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong |
| Meaning | lacking in sophistication or worldliness. | |
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| Example | "a child's innocent stare" | |
| Synonym | ingenuous | |
| Broader | naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience |
| Spanish | ingenuo, inocente | |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Nouns | innocence | the quality of innocent naivete |
| Adverbs | innocently | in a naively innocent manner |
| Meaning | not knowledgeable about something specified. | |
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| Example | "American tourists wholly innocent of French" | |
| Synonym | unacquainted | |
| Broader | uninformed | not informed |
| Meaning | Completely wanting or lacking. | |
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| Example | "innocent of literary merit" | |
| Synonyms | barren, destitute, devoid, free | |
| Broader | nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality |
| Spanish | desprovista, desprovisto | |
| Catalan | desproveït | |
| Meaning | (used of things) lacking sense or awareness. | |
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| Example | "fine innocent weather" | |
| Broader | unconscious | not conscious |
| Usage of | archaism, archaicism | The use of an archaic expression |
| Catalan | innocent | |
| Meaning | A person who lacks knowledge of evil. | |
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| Synonym | inexperienced person | |
| Narrower | boy scout | A man who is considered naive |
| lamb, dear | A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) | |
| naif | A naive or inexperienced person | |
| virgin | A person who has never / never had sex | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | inexperto, ingenuo, inocente | |
| Catalan | inexpert, ingenu, innocent | |
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