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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
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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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