innocents
- 1Plural of innocent.
The bombing claimed the lives of dozens of innocents in the village.
He posed as a guide and led trusting innocents straight into the swindle.
Note
The -s belongs only to the noun. Innocent also works as an adjective, and English adjectives never take a plural ending, so you write innocent people but never innocents people. As a noun it names those free of guilt, especially young children, and also the naive and trusting who are easily fooled. An older, now obsolete use called a harmless simple-minded person an innocent, so older texts may mean that instead.
innocents is a form of innocent
innocent, noun: A person free from guilt or wrongdoing, especially a young child. Full entry
- Forms
- innocentinnocents plural
- Spelling
- innocent → innocents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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