Innocent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
  • adj. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
  • adj. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
  • adj. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
  • adj. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare.
  • adj. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
  • adj. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
  • adj. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
  • adj. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
  • adj. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something: a novel innocent of literary merit.
  • n. A person, especially a child, who is free of evil or sin.
  • n. A simple, guileless, inexperienced, or unsophisticated person.
  • n. A very young child.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
  • adj. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  • adj. Naive; artless.
  • adj. Harmless in intent.
  • adj. Having no knowledge (of something).
  • adj. Lacking (something).
  • n. Those who are innocent; young children.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless.
  • adj. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
  • adj. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense.
  • adj. Simple; artless; foolish.
  • adj. Lawful; permitted.
  • adj. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
  • n. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
  • n. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Free from any quality that can cause physical or moral injury; harmless in effect; innoxious.
  • Free from any moral wrong; not tainted with sin; upright; pure: as, innocent children; an innocent action.
  • Free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless: as, to be innocent of crime.
  • Free from illegality: as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent.
  • Artless; naïve.
  • Simple; wanting knowledge or sense; imbecile; idiotic.
  • Small, modest, and pretty: applied to children and flowers.
  • n. An innocent person, especially a little child, as free from actual sin.
  • n. An artless or simple person; a natural; a simpleton; an idiot.
  • n. Same as innocence, 6.
  • In pathology, benign; not malignant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking intent or capacity to injure
  • adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
  • adj. free from evil or guilt
  • adj. free from sin
  • n. a person who lacks knowledge of evil
  • adj. completely wanting or lacking
  • adj. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
  • adj. not knowledgeable about something specified
  • Equivalent
    harmless    naive    naïf    exculpated    acquitted    blameless    absolved    vindicated    cleared    clear   
    Antonym
    wicked    blamable    sinful    conscious    corrupt    criminal    guilty    sinner    transgressor   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    upright    unblamable    immaculate    pure    guiltless    guileless    blameless    innoffensive    spotless    harmless   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    honest    gentle    happy    foolish    harmless    poor