INNOCENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of innocent in English

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However, contemporaries were shocked at the involvement of ' innocents ' whom, it was said, no-one had any reason to distrust.
Thus, these traditions have attempted a long series of 'theodicies ' (accounts attempting to vindicate divine justice in the face of harm to innocents).
They seem to suggest that the oil companies are innocents in the real hard commercial world.
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I am talking about innocents who have never seen films or videos or watched television programmes.
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The members of the review body, if one looks at the list, are not innocents abroad.
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The people are, after all, silly innocents who think that high production or overproduction should result in lower prices for basic foodstuffs.
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Although innocents have been bruised by the provisions, some people have been drawn into the net who otherwise might not have been.
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As a result, the taxpayer must provide board and lodging for these young innocents for the next eight months.
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Only unrepresentative minorities need them, falsely claiming themselves to be progressive working-class movements, and catching innocents with their propaganda.
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We must protect the innocents who could be caught up in an offence.
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They are not the little innocents we would believe them to be.
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Perhaps it will have to be the women who take a strong lead in protecting the little innocents of society.
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I have a feeling that we are in the land of the innocents abroad.
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His calculated policy is to wipe out 300,000 innocents who have never done him or others any harm.
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Bread and milk, the food of innocents; who could guess what hidden dangers lurk therein!
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Translations of innocent

in Chinese (Traditional)
(人)無罪的, 單純的, 天真的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(人)无罪的, 单纯的, 天真的…
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inocente, inocente [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
inocente…
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निर्दोष, निरागस, निष्पाप…
無罪の, 無邪気な, 無実(むじつ)の…
suçsuz, masum, saf…
innocent/-ente, naïf/naïve, candide…
innocent, ingenu…
onschuldig, onnozel…
(ஒரு நபரின்) ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட குற்றத்தின் குற்றவாளி அல்ல, வாழ்க்கையில் விரும்பத்தகாத மற்றும் தீய விஷயங்களைப் பற்றிய அறிவு இல்லாதது, ஒரு அப்பாவி நபர் என்பது எந்தவொரு இராணுவக் குழுவுடனும் அல்லது போரிலும் ஈடுபடாத ஒருவர்…
निर्दोष, मासूम, जो किसी सैन्य समूह या युद्ध में शामिल ना हों…
નિર્દોષ, નિરપરાધી, માસૂમ…
uskyldig, harmløs, naiv…
oskyldig, lättrogen…
tidak bersalah, tidak berbahaya, tidak berdosa…
unschuldig, harmlos, einfältig…
uskyldig, harmløs, troskyldig…
بے قصور, بے گناہ, معصوم…
невинний, нешкідливий, наївний…
невиновный, наивный, невинный…
నిరపరాధి, ఒక ప్రత్యేకమైన నేరంలో నిరపరాధి, జీవితంలో అప్రియమైన లేదా దుర్మార్గమైన విషయాలు తెలియకుండా ఉండడం…
بَريء, ساذِج…
নির্দোষ, জীবনের অপ্রীতিকর এবং অশুভ জিনিস সম্পর্কে কোনো ধারণা না থাকা, একজন নিরপরাধ ব্যক্তি এমন একজন যিনি কোনো সামরিক গোষ্ঠী বা যুদ্ধের সঙ্গে জড়িত নন।…
nevinný, naivní…
tidak bersalah, tak berbahaya, tak berdosa…
ซึ่งไม่มีความผิด (กฎหมาย), ไม่มีพิษมีภัย, ซึ่งไร้เดียงสา…
vô tội, vô hại, ngây thơ…
niewinny…
결백한, 순수한…
innocente…
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