Innocent

['ɪnəs(ə)nt] or ['ɪnəsnt]

Definition

(noun.) a person who lacks knowledge of evil.

(adj.) (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; 'fine innocent weather' .

(adj.) lacking intent or capacity to injure; 'an innocent prank' .

(adj.) free from evil or guilt; 'an innocent child'; 'the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty' .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) not knowledgeable about something specified; 'American tourists wholly innocent of French'; 'a person unacquainted with our customs' .

Inputed by Alex--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

(a.) Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

(a.) Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

(a.) Simple; artless; foolish.

(a.) Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

(a.) Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

(n.) An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

(n.) An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Edited by Juanita

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Harmless, inoffensive, innocuous, innoxious.[2]. Guiltless, sinless, faultless, blameless, immaculate, spotless, pure, clean, clear, guileless, upright.

Typist: Margery

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sinless, harmless, innoxious, lawful,[See BLAMELESS]

Checker: Marsha

Definition

adj. not hurtful: inoffensive: blameless: pure: lawful: simple imbecile.—n. one free from fault: an idiot.—ns. Inn′ocence harmlessness: blamelessness: purity: artlessness: integrity: imbecility: absence of legal guilt; Inn′ocency the quality of being innocent.—adv. Inn′ocently.—Innocents' Day (see Childermas).

Typist: Vivienne

Examples

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