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Innocent

[in-uh-suhnt]

Origin

adjective

free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.

free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless: innocent of the crime.

not involving evil intent or motive: an innocent misrepresentation.

not causing physical or moral injury; harmless: innocent fun.

devoid (usually followed by of): a law innocent of merit.

EXPAND

having or showing the simplicity or naiveté of an unworldly person; guileless; ingenuous.

uninformed or unaware; ignorant.

COLLAPSE

noun

an innocent person.

a young child.

10.

a guileless person.

11.

a simpleton or idiot.

12.

Usually, innocents. (used with a singular verb) bluet (def. 1).

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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English < Latin innocent- (stem of innocēns) harmless, equivalent to in- in-³ + nocēns present participle of nocēre to harm; see -ent; compare noxious

Related forms

in·no·cent·ly, adverb

qua·si-in·no·cent, adjective

qua·si-in·no·cent·ly, adverb

su·per·in·no·cent, adjective

su·per·in·no·cent·ly, adverb

EXPAND

un·in·no·cent, adjective

un·in·no·cent·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: 1. acquitted, innocent, nolo contendere (see synonym note at the current entry); 2. innocence, innocents.

Synonyms
1. sinless, virtuous; faultless, impeccable, spotless, immaculate. 2. Innocent, blameless, guiltless imply freedom from the responsibility of having done wrong. Innocent may imply having done no wrong at any time, and having not even a knowledge of evil: an innocent victim. Blameless denotes freedom from blame, especially moral blame: a blameless life. Guiltless denotes freedom from guilt or responsibility for wrongdoing, usually in a particular instance: guiltless of a crime. 6. simple, naive, unsophisticated, artless.

Antonyms
1, 2. guilty.

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(Giovanni Lotario de' Conti), 1161?–1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198–1216.

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World English Dictionary

innocent (ˈɪnəsənt)

—*adj* (foll by of)
1.	not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
2.	not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
3.	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

—n
7.	an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
8.	a simple-minded person; simpleton

'innocently

—*adv*

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

innocent

1340, "doing no evil, free from sin or guilt," from O.Fr. innocent (11c.), from L. innocentem (nom. innocens) "not guilty, harmless, blameless," from in- "not" + nocentem (nom. nocens), prp. of nocere "to harm" (see noxious). Meaning "free from guilt of a crime or charge"

EXPAND

is from 1382. The earliest use was as a noun, "person who is innocent of sin or evil" (c.1200).

COLLAPSE

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

innocent in·no·cent (ĭn'ə-sənt)
adj.
Not apparently harmful; benign.