innocent
adjective
[ ˈɪnəs(ə)nt ]
• not guilty of a crime or offence.
• "the prisoners were later found innocent"
Similar:
guiltless,
guilt-free,
not guilty,
blameless,
not to blame,
in the clear,
unimpeachable,
irreproachable,
above suspicion,
beyond criticism,
without fault,
faultless,
honourable,
honest,
upright,
upstanding,
law-abiding,
incorrupt,
squeaky clean,
• not responsible for or directly involved in an event yet suffering its consequences.
• "an innocent bystander"
• free from moral wrong; not corrupted.
• "an innocent child"
Similar:
virtuous,
pure,
sinless,
free of sin,
moral,
decent,
righteous,
upright,
wholesome,
demure,
modest,
chaste,
virginal,
virgin,
impeccable,
pristine,
spotless,
stainless,
unblemished,
unsullied,
incorrupt,
uncorrupted,
uncontaminated,
undefiled,
squeaky clean,
whiter than white,
as pure as the driven snow,
immaculate,
• not involving or intended to cause harm or offence; harmless.
• "an innocent mistake"
Similar:
harmless,
innocuous,
safe,
non-injurious,
unobjectionable,
inoffensive,
playful,
benign,
non-cancerous,
non-malignant,
non-dangerous,
not life-threatening,
curable,
remediable,
treatable,
benignant,
innocent
noun
• a pure, guileless, or naive person.
• "a young innocent abroad"
• a person involved by chance in a situation, especially a victim of crime or war.
• "they are prepared to kill or maim innocents in pursuit of a cause"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.
