Word a Day
innocent
What does innocent mean?
innocent (adjective): free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use innocent in a sentence?
- I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- The situation certainly looked bad, but it turned out that everything was innocent. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce innocent?
/ˈɪnəsənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does innocent come from?
From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of innocent?
Words related to innocent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “innocent” mean?
free from guilt, sin, or immorality
Right! That's what “innocent” means.
feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful
Not quite: that's what sad means.
not able; lacking a certain ability
Not quite: that's what unable means.
at or constituting a border or edge
Not quite: that's what marginal means.
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