innocent

Definition

Examples

The court found the man innocent of all the charges against him.

Word Family

Synonyms

• guiltlessfree from evil or guilt
• blamelessfree of guilt; not subject to blame
• naivemarked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience

Collocations

• Easy innocent smile
  describing innocent smile (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)
• Medium proven innocent of all charges
  to proven innocent of all charges, meaning to be shown or be found to be
• Hard innocent bystander in litigation
  describing innocent bystander in litigation (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)
• Very Hard presumption of innocent status until verdict
  describing presumption of innocent status until verdict (an assumption that is taken for granted)