亚洲网紅露点

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innocent

[ in-uh-suhnt ]

adjective

  1. free from moral wrong; without sin; pure:

    innocent children.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless:

    innocent of the crime.

    Antonyms:

  3. not involving evil intent or motive:

    an innocent misrepresentation.

  4. not causing physical or moral injury; harmless:

    innocent fun.

  5. devoid (usually followed by of ):

    a law innocent of merit.

  6. having or showing the simplicity or naivet茅 of an unworldly person; guileless; ingenuous.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  7. uninformed or unaware; ignorant.


noun

  1. an innocent person.
  2. a young child.
  3. a guileless person.
  4. a simpleton or idiot.
  5. Usually innocents. (used with a singular verb) bluet ( def 1 ).

innocent

/ 藞瑟苍蓹蝉蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
  2. not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
  3. postpositivefoll byof free (of); lacking

    innocent of all knowledge of history

    1. harmless or innocuous

      an innocent game

    2. not cancerous

      an innocent tumour

  4. credulous, naive, or artless
  5. simple-minded; slow-witted
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
  2. a simple-minded person; simpleton
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞颈苍苍辞肠别苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟 adjective
  • qua顎卻i-颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉耻顎卲别谤路颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟 adjective
  • su顎卲er路颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟 adjective
  • un路颈苍顎僴辞路肠别苍迟路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of innocent1

First recorded in 1150鈥1200; Middle English, from Latin innocent- (stem of 颈苍苍辞肠脓苍蝉 ) 鈥渉armless,鈥 equivalent to in- in- 3 + 苍辞肠脓苍蝉 present participle of 苍辞肠脓谤别 鈥渢o harm鈥; -ent; noxious
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Synonym Study

Innocent, blameless, guiltless imply freedom from the responsibility of having done wrong. Innocent may imply having done no wrong at any time, and having not even a knowledge of evil: an innocent victim. Blameless denotes freedom from blame, especially moral blame: a blameless life. Guiltless denotes freedom from guilt or responsibility for wrongdoing, usually in a particular instance: guiltless of a crime.
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Hawkins emphasized that 鈥渆very individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.鈥

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They struck me as earnest about improving Huntington Park and confident they鈥檙e innocent of what opponents claim about them.

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They also believed that it was on the ordinary citizens of America to take up arms against a tyrannical ruling order, no matter what the cost to innocent lives might be.

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Their preparations to emigrate to America include training the innocent Karl to avoid recognition.

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Without mentioning the demolitions, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the guilty must be punished without mercy, "but don't let innocent people become collateral damage".

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