{
    "term": "innocent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong",
            "sensetop": "innocent of somethinginnocent of doing something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have imprisoned an innocent man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was found innocent of any crime.",
                    "contextForm": "innocent of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money.",
                    "contextForm": "innocent of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the **innocent party** *(= person)* in the dispute."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There must be an innocent explanation for her behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pleaded innocent to the charges."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am totally innocent of this crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had always believed her innocent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accused person should always be presumed innocent until proved guilty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court found her innocent of the crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried to sound all innocent as she asked the question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop playing innocent and answer my questions, please."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "plead", "believe somebody"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "suffering harm or being killed because of a crime, war, etc. although not directly involved in it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an **innocent bystander**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**innocent victims** of the bomb blast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of **innocent civilians** have been killed in this conflict."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He expressed outrage at the loss of innocent lives."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "having little experience of the world, especially of sexual matters, or of evil or unpleasant things",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "At the time I was still an innocent young child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is very naive and innocent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He looked so sweet and innocent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was sixteen and sweetly innocent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He came across as deceptively innocent and childlike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the strangely innocent world of her childhood"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "naive",
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["act", "appear", "be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "sweetly", "deceptively"],
                "phrases": ["sweet and innocent"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not intended to cause harm or upset somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was all innocent fun."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a perfectly innocent remark."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The circumstance could be altogether innocent, but suspicions have been raised."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "harmless",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["act", "appear", "be"],
                "adverb": ["very", "all", "perfectly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnəsnt/",
                "audio": "in/innocent/innocent__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪnəsnt/",
                "audio": "in/innocent/innocent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin innocent- ‘not harming’, from in- ‘not’ + nocere ‘to hurt’."
}