INNOCENT


Meaning of INNOCENT in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: good 11, blameless, exemplary, guiltless, inculpable, irreproachable, pure, righteous, unblamable, virtuous

Related Word: unstained, unsullied, white, white-handed

2.

free from legal guilt or fault

the defendant was found innocent

Synonyms: blameless, clean, crimeless, faultless, guiltless, inculpable, unguilty

Idioms: in the clear

Antonyms: guilty

3.

Synonyms: lawful , legal, legitimate, licit

4.

Synonyms: devoid , destitute, empty, void

5.

Synonyms: natural 5, artless, guileless, ingenuous, naive, unaffected, unartificial, unschooled, unsophisticated, unstudied

6.

Synonyms: harmless , innocuous, innoxious, inobnoxious, inoffensive, unoffending, unoffensive

Contrasted words: harmful, injurious, mischievous

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