Meaning & use
innocent
Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing; free from moral wrong or corrupting experience.
See it in a sentence
The jury found the defendant innocent after reviewing all of the evidence carefully.
The innocent child had no idea her comment had embarrassed everyone at the table.
A note on using this word
Innocent can describe legal guiltlessness, or a more general lack of worldly experience, as in 'an innocent question.'
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
guiltyculpable
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