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
- Perhaps I would make a settlement on her, said Esterhazy; but mind, she must be very young, very fair, and almost innocent. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But if you are really innocent and ignorant, I must be more explicit. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You have done your best to get an innocent man hanged. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oh, if you do, Mr. Holmes, do tell him that I know him to be innocent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am pleased you like flowers, observed the Rector, looking at the joyous figure before him, which was bathed in sunshine; 'tis an innocent pleasure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We have said that Innocent III never seemed to realize that his ward, Frederick II, was growing up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We stopped under the lee of the lobster-outhouse to exchange an innocent kiss, and went in to breakfast glowing with health and pleasure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At one time I considered whether I should not declare myself guilty, and suffer the penalty of the law, less innocent than poor Justine had been. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- How is he to be wise and also innocent? Plato. The Republic.
- Innocent as I had been of any intention to terrify and agitate her, my heart smote me as I looked at the poor, pale, frightened face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I assure you that I am innocent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A little voice, very pretty, very innocent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But I am so sure that he is innocent. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I will not be interfered with by Jane, said Mrs. Pocket, with a majestic glance at that innocent little offender. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Whereat Mr Twemlow leaned his innocent head upon his hand, and moaned a little moan of distress and disgrace. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Near the spot we sailed from, the Holy Family dwelt when they sojourned in Egypt till Herod should complete his slaughter of the innocents. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Live on, ye innocents, nature's selected darlings; I am not much unlike to you. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem was done in a grotto; the Saviour was born in a grotto--both are shown to pilgrims yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checked by Bernadette