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Not guilty, not knowing, or genuinely shocked the cookie jar is empty.
means Free from guilt, wrongdoing, or harmful knowledge, depending on whether a court, a parent, or a heart is judging.
from From Latin innocens, literally not harming — in (not) plus nocere (to harm), the same root that poisons noxious.
Legal defaultPresumed until proven otherwise, at least officially.
Harmless rootsOriginally meant doing no harm, not lacking guilt.
Sweet siblingInnocuous shares the same harmless ancestor.