Thesaurus: innocent
Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
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Definitions
- 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.
- adj. free from evil or guilt
- adj. lacking intent or capacity to injure
- adj. free from sin
- adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness