English dictionary
innocent
adjectivePronunciation
ˈɪnəsn̩t
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
adjective
- completely wanting or lacking
adjective
- lacking intent or capacity to injure
adjective
- not knowledgeable about something specified
adjective
- free from evil or guilt
adjective
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
adjective
- free from sin
noun
- a person who lacks knowledge of evil
Example sentences
fine innocent weather
writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning
an innocent prank
American tourists wholly innocent of French
a person unacquainted with our customs
an innocent child
the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
a child's innocent stare
his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it