innocent
adjective/ˈɪnəsnt/
Слово англійською: innocent
Переклад innocent українською: неви́нний, невинува́тий, безви́нний, безневи́нний
Детальний опис
- not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong
- They have imprisoned an innocent man.
- innocent of something She was found innocent of any crime.
- innocent of doing something I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money.
- He was the innocent party (= person) in the dispute.
- There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour.
- [only before noun] suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it
- an innocent bystander
- innocent victims of the bomb blast
- Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed in this conflict.
- He expressed outrage at the loss of innocent lives.
- having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things synonym naive
- At the time I was still an innocent young child.
- She is very naive and innocent.
- He looked so sweet and innocent.
- not intended to cause harm or upset somebody synonym harmless
- It was all innocent fun.
- It was a perfectly innocent remark.
- The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’.