different between innocent vs uninjured

English

Etymology

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocens (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + noc?ns, present participle of noce? (“to hurt”). Displaced native Old English uns?yldi?.

Alternative forms

• hinnocent

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?sn?t/

Adjective

innocent (comparative more innocent, superlative most innocent)

2. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
   • 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, IV. iii. 16.

     to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god

   • 2018 September 26, Brian Karem, "Bethesda Resident Describes "Culture Of Privilege" Leading To Exploitation And Abuse" in The Montgomery County Sentinel[1]

     "These were not innocent times," she said.

3. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
4. Naive; artless.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, V. ii. 37:

     I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;

5. (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.
   • 2006, David J. Driscoll, Fundamentals of Pediatric Cardiology (page 43)

     Although an innocent murmur is not an obstacle to participation in sports and exercise, a pathologic murmur may necessitate restrictions on the child's physical activity.

6. (with of) Having no knowledge (of something).
7. (with of) Lacking (something). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. Lawful; permitted.

9. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

Synonyms

• (free from blame or guilt): sackless, guiltless
• (free from sin): pure, untainted
• (naive): See also Thesaurus:naive

Antonyms

• (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act): guilty, nocent
• (naive): perverse

Related terms

• innocence
• innocently
• innocuous

Translations

Noun

innocent (plural innocents)

1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.

2. (obsolete) A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innocens, innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

innocent (masculine and feminine plural innocents)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• innocentment

Related terms

• innocència
• innocentada

See also

• El dia dels innocents on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Further reading

• “innocent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “innocent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “innocent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “innocent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocens, innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + noc?ns, present participle of noce? (“to hurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.s??/

Adjective

innocent (feminine singular innocente, masculine plural innocents, feminine plural innocentes)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• innocemment

Related terms

• innocence
• innocenter

Noun

innocent m (plural innocents, feminine innocente)

1. an innocent (innocent person)
2. (figuratively) a naive person

Further reading

• “innocent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

un- +? injured.

Adjective

uninjured (not comparable)

1. That did not suffer injury.

   Of the three, two were hurt and went to hospital, but the uninjured one made her way home.

Translations

Noun

uninjured (uncountable)

1. One or many people or objects that have not suffered injury.

   The driver was hurt and went to hospital whilst the uninjured passengers went home.