innocent

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  1. adjective Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
  2. adjective Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
  3. adjective Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
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  • She said exonerating the innocent was as important to her as catching her daughter's killer. —  KOMO - News - Top Stories
  • I have noticed that, for a liberal, only the innocent are allowed to be killed - never the guilty. —  ChronWatch - Articles
  • Deliberately killing the innocent is always, inexcusably wrong. —  The Politics of the Cross
  • Former Bexar County District Attorney Sam Millsap told the judiciary panel he no longer supports the death penalty because the judicial system is too imperfect to ensure that the innocent are always protected.
  • Sam Millsap, a former prosecutor from Texas, told the judiciary panel he no longer supports the death penalty because the judicial system is too imperfect to ensure that the innocent are always protected. —  GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin innocēns, innocent- : in-, not; see in-1 + nocēns, present participle of nocēre, to harm; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English innocent, innosent, from Old French (also F.) innocent = Provencal innocent, ignocen = Spanish inocente = Portuguese innocente = Italian innocente, from Latin innocen(t-)s, harmless, blameless, upright, disinterested, from in- privative + nocen(t-)s, present participle of nocere, harm, hurt: see nocent.
 

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