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Innocent

//ˈɪnəsənt// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

    "I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this."

  2. 2
    Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
  3. 3
    Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.

    "He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake."

  4. 4
    Naive; artless.

    "I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;"

  5. 5
    Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.

    "The spear / Sung innocent, and spent its force in air."

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  1. 6
    Lacking (something), or knowledge of it. with-of

    "George was not a believer in modern innovations. The Abbey was innocent of anything so up to date as central heating."

  2. 7
    Lawful; permitted.

    "an innocent trade"

  3. 8
    Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

    "innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of things) lacking sense or awareness wordnet
  2. 2
    completely wanting or lacking wordnet
  3. 3
    lacking intent or capacity to injure wordnet
  4. 4
    not knowledgeable about something specified wordnet
  5. 5
    free from evil or guilt wordnet
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  1. 6
    lacking in sophistication or worldliness wordnet
  2. 7
    free from sin wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who is innocent, especially a young child.

    "The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament."

  2. 2
    a person who lacks knowledge of evil wordnet
  3. 3
    A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot. obsolete

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

Etymology 2

From Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.

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