Hyphenation of innocent

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word innocent? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of innocent:

1.	A person who lacks knowledge of evil
2.	Free from evil or guilt An innocent child The principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
3.	Lacking intent or capacity to injure An innocent prank
4.	Free from sin
5.	Lacking in sophistication or worldliness A child's innocent stare His ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
6.	Not knowledgeable about something specified American tourists wholly innocent of French A person unacquainted with our customs
7.	Completely wanting or lacking Writing barren of insight Young recruits destitute of experience Innocent of literary merit The sentence was devoid of meaning
8.	(used of things) lacking sense or awareness Fine innocent weather

Synonyms of innocent:

adj	innocent, guiltless, clean-handed, absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated, acquitted, not guilty, blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable, exculpatory, righteous
adj	innocuous, harmless
adj	impeccant, sinless, virtuous
adj	ingenuous, naive, naif
adj	ignorant, unconscious
noun	inexperienced person, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.