innocent

  • 71innocent — 1. adjective a) Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. b) Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act. Syn: sackless, pure …

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  • 72innocent — adj. innocent of * * * [ ɪnəs(ə)nt] innocentof …

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  • 73innocent — [14] Someone who is innocent is literally ‘harmless’. The word comes, partly via Old French, from Latin innocēns, an adjective formed with the negative prefix in from the present participle of nocēre ‘harm’ (source of English nuisance) – hence,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 74innocent. —  It is pedantic to insist on it too rigorously on all occasions, but it is worth noting that people do not actually plead innocent (since one of the hallmarks of our legal system is that innocence is presumed). Strictly, they plead guilty or not… …

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  • 75innocent — in·no·cent || ɪnÉ™snt n. one who is innocent; one who is free from sin or wrongdoing; one who is simple or naive; small child adj. not guilty (Law); free from sin or wrongdoing, pure; simple, naive, unsophisticated; harmless …

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  • 76Innocent XI — (1611–89)    Pope.    Innocent was born Benedetto Odescalchi at Como, Italy, and was educated at the University of Naples. A man of the highest principles and great saintliness, he was made a Cardinal in 1645 and became Bishop of Novara in 1650.… …

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  • 77innocent of — without experience or knowledge of: → innocent …

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  • 78Innocent — /ˈɪnəsənt/ (say inuhsuhnt) noun the name adopted by thirteen popes, notably Innocent II (Gregorio Papareschi) died 1143, pope 1130–43 …

  • 79innocent — [14] Someone who is innocent is literally ‘harmless’. The word comes, partly via Old French, from Latin innocēns, an adjective formed with the negative prefix in from the present participle of nocēre ‘harm’ (source of English nuisance) – hence,… …

    Word origins

  • 80Innocent III —     Pope Innocent III     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent III     (Lotario de Conti)     One of the greatest popes of the Middle Ages, son of Count Trasimund of Segni and nephew of Clement III, born 1160 or 116 …

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