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Meaning of 'innocent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Innocent [ a.]
- Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
- Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
- Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
- Simple; artless; foolish.
- Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
- Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
2 . Innocent [ n.]
- An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
- An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Meaning of 'innocent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . innocent [ a]
Meaning (1):
- free from evil or guilt
Example in sentence:
  • an innocent child;
  • the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
2 . innocent [ s]
Meaning (2):
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness
Example in sentence:
  • 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
Meaning (3):
- not knowledgeable about something specified
Example in sentence:
  • a person unacquainted with our customs;
  • American tourists wholly innocent of French
Meaning (4):
- lacking intent or capacity to injure
Example in sentence:
  • an innocent prank
Meaning (5):
- (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
Example in sentence:
  • fine innocent weather
Meaning (6):
- completely wanting or lacking
Example in sentence:
  • innocent of literary merit;
  • the sentence was devoid of meaning;
  • writing barren of insight;
  • young recruits destitute of experience

Nearby Words:

inn innate innately innateness innative innavigable inne inned inner innerly

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