innocent meaning
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[ˈɪnəsn̩t] 
US FR innocent 
- NounPLinnocentsSUF-ent
- AdjectiveCOMmore innocentSUPmost innocent
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
- Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
- Naive; artless.
- OBS Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
- an innocent medicine or remedy
- (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
- (with of) Lacking (something).
- Lawful; permitted.
- an innocent trade
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
- innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
- Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- His frank acceptance of the situation marks him as either an innocent man, or else as a man of considerable self-restraint and firmness.
- Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd/ Mine innocent child? Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- There were plentyof dirty-handed men in the world to do dirty business; and Will protested to himself that his share in bringing Mr.Brooke through would be quite innocent.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of innocent in English Dictionary
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Grammatically, this word "innocent" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.