innocentadjective
uk/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/us/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/innocent adjective (NOT GUILTY)
B2 (of a person) not guilty of a particular crime:
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- The jury concluded from the evidence that the defendant was innocent.
- There isn't the slightest degree of doubt that he's innocent.
- A person accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
- The gunmen showed no mercy, killing innocent men and women.
- Many innocent bystanders were injured by the explosion.
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Innocent
- accuse
- acquit
- acquittal
- be above/beyond reproach idiom
- be in the clear idiom
- beat
- beat the rap idiom
- clear
- come up/out smelling of roses idiom
- culpable
- exculpate
- exonerate
- guiltless
- guilty
- reproach
- responsibility
- responsible
- sin 1
- squeaky-clean
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innocent adjective (NO EXPERIENCE)
B2 having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life:
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Inexperienced (of people)
- armchair
- be new to this game idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- dewy-eyed
- fledgling
- game
- green
- inexperienced
- innocence
- new
- raw
- rouseabout
- rubbish
- the uninitiated
- uninformed
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untutored
- wet
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innocent adjective (NOT INVOLVED)
B2 An innocent person is someone who is not involved with any military group or war:
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Innocent
- accuse
- acquit
- acquittal
- be above/beyond reproach idiom
- be in the clear idiom
- beat
- beat the rap idiom
- clear
- come up/out smelling of roses idiom
- culpable
- exculpate
- exonerate
- guiltless
- guilty
- reproach
- responsibility
- responsible
- sin 1
- squeaky-clean
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innocent adjective (NOT INTENDED TO HARM)
C2 (of a thing) not intended to harm anyone:
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Safe and secure
- as safe as houses idiom
- bite
- coast
- copper-bottomed
- fail-safe
- firmly
- friendly
- immune
- in safe hands idiom
- innocuous
- inoffensive
- inviolate
- kind
- ozone-friendly
- safety net
- sb/sth won't bite idiom
- seaworthy
- securely
- sheltered
- the coast is clear idiom
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innocentnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/us/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/a person who has very little experience and does not know about the bad things that happen in life
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Inexperienced (of people)
- armchair
- be new to this game idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- dewy-eyed
- fledgling
- game
- green
- inexperienced
- innocence
- new
- raw
- rouseabout
- rubbish
- the uninitiated
- uninformed
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untutored
- wet
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