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guilty vs innocent

guilty

Definitions

adjective

  1. showing a sense of guilt
  2. responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act

Examples

I'm afraid he is guilty of a good deal of invention.

Civilian life affords us the luxury of a good deal of deontology — better to let ten guilty men go free, and so on.

A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.

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innocent

Definitions

adjective

  1. lacking intent or capacity to injure
  2. free from sin
  3. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  4. not knowledgeable about something specified
  5. completely wanting or lacking
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noun

  1. a person who lacks knowledge of evil

Examples

Bounties were paid right across a banking sector whose incompetence threw thousands of innocents into jeopardy.

It is common to see the book of Job as wrestling with the problem of innocent suffering.

What shall I do when a mad dog attacks an innocent child?

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