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Innocent

see synonyms of innocent

Noun

1. inexperienced person, innocent

a person who lacks knowledge of evil

Adjective

2. clean-handed, guiltless, innocent

free from evil or guilt

Example Sentences:
'an innocent child'
'the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty'

3. innocent, innocuous

lacking intent or capacity to injure

Example Sentences:
'an innocent prank'

4. impeccant, innocent, sinless

free from sin

5. ingenuous, innocent

lacking in sophistication or worldliness

Example Sentences:
'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'

6. innocent, unacquainted

not knowledgeable about something specified

Example Sentences:
'American tourists wholly innocent of French'
'a person unacquainted with our customs'

7. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent

completely wanting or lacking

Example Sentences:
'writing barren of insight'
'young recruits destitute of experience'
'innocent of literary merit'
'the sentence was devoid of meaning'

8. innocent

(used of things) lacking sense or awareness

Example Sentences:
'fine innocent weather'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Innocent

see synonyms of innocent
adjective
1. 
not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
2. 
not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
3. (postpositive; foll by of)
free (of); lacking
innocent of all knowledge of history
4. 
a. 
harmless or innocuous
an innocent game
b. 
not cancerous
an innocent tumour
5. 
credulous, naive, or artless
6. 
simple-minded; slow-witted
noun
7. 
an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
8. 
a simple-minded person; simpleton

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Innocent

see synonyms of innocent
1. 
Saint Innocent I(died a.d. 417); pope (401-417): his day is July 28
2. 
Innocent II(born Gregorio Papareschi) died 1143; pope (1130-43)
3. 
Innocent III(born Lotario de' Conti de' Segni) 1161?-1216; pope (1198-1216)
4. 
Innocent IV(born Sinibaldo de' Fieschi) died 1254; pope (1243-54)
5. 
Innocent XI(born Benedetto Odeschalchi) 1611-89; pope (1676-89)
adjective
1. 
free from sin, evil, or guilt
; specif.,
a. 
doing or thinking nothing morally wrong; pure
b. 
not guilty of a specific crime or offense; guiltless
c. 
free from harmful effect or cause; that does not harm, injure, or corrupt
d. 
not malignant; benign
an innocent tumor
2. 
a. 
knowing no evil
b. 
without guile or cunning; artless; simple
c. 
naive
d. 
ignorant
3. 
totally lacking
with of
innocent of adornment
noun
4. 
a person knowing no evil or sin, such as a child
5. 
a very naive or simple-minded person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Innocent

see synonyms of innocent
adj.
1. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
2.
a. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
b. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
3.
a. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
b. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare.
4.
a. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
b. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
5.
a. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
b. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
6. Lacking, deprived, or devoid of something: a novel innocent of literary merit.
n.
1. A person, especially a child, who is free of evil or sin.
2. A simple, guileless, inexperienced, or unsophisticated person.
3. A very young child.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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