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innocents

innocents is the plural of innocent.

Meaning of innocent

Noun

innocent (plural innocents)

  1. One who is innocent, especially a young child.
    • The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
  2. (obsolete) A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

See all 11 meanings of innocent

Proper noun capitalized: Innocents

Innocents

  1. (plural) plural of Innocent

Phrases with innocents

Questions about innocents

What is innocents the plural of?
Innocents is the plural of innocent.
What part of speech is innocents?
Innocents is a proper noun.

Words near innocents in the dictionary

  1. Innocenti
  2. Innocentis
  3. innocently
  4. innocently divorced
  5. innocentness
  6. innocents
  7. Innocents' Day
  8. innocuities
  9. innocuity
  10. innoculate
  11. innoculated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: innocents (page history and authors); Innocents (page history and authors); innocent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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