innocent

innocent

Qui n’a pas commis le crime ou la faute dont on l’accuse.

En anglais simple : Not having committed the crime or wrong act someone is accused of.

• She is innocent.
• The jury found him innocent of theft.
• An innocent man spent years in prison.

Comment l'utiliser : innocent of something (He was innocent of the crime.)

Synonymes : not guilty, blameless

Contraires : guilty

Expressions courantes : innocent of something, prove someone innocent, innocent person, declare someone innocent

innocent, naïf

Peu habitué à la méchanceté et ne s’attendant pas à être blessé ou trompé par les autres.

En anglais simple : Having little experience of bad behaviour and not expecting people to hurt or deceive you.

• She was a trusting, innocent child.
• He gave me an innocent smile.
• They seemed too innocent to understand the danger.

Synonymes : naive, guileless

Contraires : worldly

Expressions courantes : innocent child, innocent smile, young and innocent

innocent

Qui ne comporte ni mauvaise intention, ni malhonnêteté, ni faute morale.

En anglais simple : Involving no wrong intention, dishonest behaviour, or moral fault.

• It was an innocent mistake.
• There may be an innocent explanation.
• Her innocent question caused an unexpected argument.

Synonymes : blameless, harmless

Expressions courantes : innocent explanation, innocent mistake, innocent intentions

ingénu

Personne qui connaît peu la méchanceté et fait facilement confiance aux autres.

En anglais simple : A person who has little experience of bad behaviour and easily trusts others.

• He was a complete innocent.
• She felt like an innocent abroad.
• The two innocents trusted everyone they met.

Synonymes : naive person

Expressions courantes : a complete innocent, an innocent abroad

innocent

Personne, notamment un enfant, qui n’a rien fait de mal.

En anglais simple : A person, especially a child, who has done nothing wrong.

• An innocent died in the attack.
• The war claimed the lives of many innocents.
• We must protect the innocents caught in this conflict.

Synonymes : blameless person

Expressions courantes : protect the innocents, death of an innocent