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01. Football star O. J. Simpson was found [innocent] of murdering his wife in a court of law.
02. Margaret asked Nancy [innocently] where her husband was, unaware that they had recently separated.
03. He was found [innocent] of any wrongdoing.
04. The child played [innocent] when his mother asked him who had eaten all the cookies.
05. She smiled [innocently] when I asked her who had eaten my lunch.
06. Voltaire once stated that it is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an [innocent] one.
07. Sir William Blackstone once said that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than one [innocent] suffer.
08. The accused murderer continued to protest his [innocence] right up to the day that he was executed.
09. Someone once observed that far more [innocents] have died at the hands of governments than by the bombs of any terrorist organizations.
10. A Syrian proverb suggests that it is cruelty to the [innocent] not to punish the guilty.
11. I just had an [innocent] lunch with my ex-boyfriend, and my husband got really upset.
12. The [innocence] of the defendant was firmly established by his lawyer.
13. The Koran states that if you've killed one [innocent] person it's as if you've killed all of humanity.
14. Stephen King once suggested that the trust of the [innocent] is the liar's most useful tool.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • innocent — innocent, ente [ inɔsɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1080; lat. innocens, de nocere « nuire » 1 ♦ Qui n est pas souillé par le mal. ⇒ pur; immaculé. Vie innocente, simple et vertueuse. Spécialt Qui ignore le mal, est pur et sans malice. ⇒ candide.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • innocent — innocent, ente (i no san, san t ) adj. 1°   Qui ne nuit point, qui ne fait point de mal. L agneau est un animal innocent. •   Mais, seigneur, épargnez un enfant innocent, VOLT. Orphel. III, 2.    Il se dit des choses dans le même sens. Un remède …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Innocent VI — Pape de l’Église catholique Nom de naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Innocent XI —     Pope Innocent XI     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent XI     (Benedetto Odescalchi)     Born at Como, 16 May, 1611; died at Rome, 11 August, 1689. He was educated by the Jesuits at Como, and studied jurisprudence at Rome and Naples …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • INNOCENT° — INNOCENT°, name of 13 popes. INNOCENT II (Gregorio Papareschi), pope 1130–43. His was an uncanonical election because the majority of the cardinals voted for anacletus ii (Pietro Pierleoni). The Jews of Rome supported Anacletus, whose opponents… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Innocent I —     Pope Innocent I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent I     Date of birth unknown; died 12 March, 417. Before his elevation to the Chair of Peter, very little is known concerning the life of this energetic pope, so zealous for the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Innocent II —     Pope Innocent II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent II     (Gregorio Papereschi)     Elected 14 Feb., 1130; died 24 Sept., 1143. He was a native of Rome and belonged to the ancient family of the Guidoni. His father s name is given as …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Innocent X —     Pope Innocent X     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent X     (Giambattista Pamfili)     Born at Rome, 6 May, 1574; died there, 7 January, 1655. His parents were Camillo Pamfili and Flaminia de Bubalis. The Pamfili resided originally at… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Innocent IV —     Pope Innocent IV     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Innocent IV     (Sinibaldo de Fieschi)     Count of Lavagna, born at Genoa, date unknown; died at Naples, 7 December, 1254. He was educated at Parma and Bologna. For some time he taught… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • innocent — in·no·cent / i nə sənt/ adj: characterized by innocence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. innocent I …   Law dictionary

  • innocent — INNOCENT, [innoc]ente. adj. Qui n est point coupable. Il est innocent du crime dont on l accuse. il en est innocent. deffendre, proteger les innocents. persecuter les innocents. opprimer, accabler, condamner l innocent. il fut absous. & reconnu… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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