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Word entry · 8 letters

innocent

Best crossword clue

"Free from guilt"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪnəsənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted ceinnnotStarts with IEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
1I2N3N4O5C6E7N8T

Definitions

  1. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

Word origin

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

Used in a sentence

  • I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.
  • The situation certainly looked bad, but it turned out that everything was innocent.
  • to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Free from guilt8 letters
02Not guilty8 letters

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