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Thesaurus: innocent

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

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  1. a. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
  2. a. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
  3. a. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
  4. a. Simple; artless; foolish.
  5. a. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
  6. a. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
  7. n. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
  8. n. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
  9. adj. free from evil or guilt
  10. adj. lacking intent or capacity to injure
  11. adj. free from sin
  12. adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness