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innocent

/i.nɔ.sɑ̃/

noun, masculine/i.nɔ.sɑ̃/plural: innocents

an innocent person; a naive person; a stupid or foolish person

From Old French inocent, borrowed from Latin innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”, from in- (“not”) + nocēns (present participle of noceō (“to hurt”))).