Definition of innocent Innocent

/ɪˈnʌsʌnt/ - [inusunt] - in•no•cent

We found 31 definitions of innocent from 6 different sources.

What does innocent mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: innocents
innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil
		inexperienced person
		mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism
		boy scout a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
		dear, lamb young sheep
		naif a naive or inexperienced person
Adjective
innocent - free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
		guiltless, clean-handed
		guilty showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater
		exculpatory clearing of guilt or blame
		righteous morally justified; "righteous indignation"
		absolved, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated, cleared, clear freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
		acquitted, not guilty declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity"
innocent - lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "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"
		ingenuous
		naif, naive inexperienced
innocent - (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather"
		unconscious (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving; "happily unconscious of the new calamity at home"- Charles Dickens
innocent - lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
		innocuous
innocent - not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
		unacquainted
innocent - free from sin
		impeccant, sinless
		virtuous morally excellent
innocent - completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
		barren, destitute, devoid, free

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Wiktionary

innocent (Noun)
Those who are innocent; young children.
innocent (Adjective)
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
innocent (Adjective)
Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
innocent (Adjective)
Naive; artless.
innocent (Adjective)
Harmless in intent.
innocent (Adjective)
Having no knowledge of something.
innocent (Adjective)
Lacking something.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

innocent
Lacking intent or capacity to injure.
innocent
Not guilty.
innocent
Being free from sin.
innocent
Lacking in sophistication or worldliness.
innocent
Completely wanting or lacking.
innocent
Not knowledgeable about something specified.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

innocent
in′o-sent, adj. not hurtful: inoffensive: blameless: pure: lawful: simple, imbecile.—n. one free from fault: an idiot.—ns. Inn′ocence, harmlessness: blamelessness: purity: artlessness: integrity: imbecility: absence of legal guilt; Inn′ocency, the quality of being innocent.—adv. Inn′ocently.—Innocents' Day (see Childermas). [O. Fr.,—L. innocens, -entis—in, not, nocēre, to hurt.]