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Synonyms for innocent

Two senses of innocent live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 4, High Camp · 2 senses · adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2adjectiveTier 4, High CampStates and conditions

free from evil or guilt

The principle that one is innocent until proved guilty.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

guiltless

Same sentence, swapped: The principle that one is guiltless until proved guilty.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for innocent as it is used in the sentence above.

  • free
  • ingenuous
  • empty
Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 5, Summit

not knowledgeable about something specified

American tourists wholly innocent of French.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

unacquainted

Same sentence, swapped: American tourists wholly unacquainted of French.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for innocent as it is used in the sentence above.

  • empty
  • safe
  • growing
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Closest first: other states and conditions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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