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in·no·cent       (ĭn'ə-sənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Uncorrupted by evil, malice, or wrongdoing; sinless: an innocent child.
    1. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless: was innocent of all charges.
    2. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law; lawful.
    3. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
    4. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare.
    5. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
    6. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
    7. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
    8. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
    1. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous: an innocent prank.
    2. Candid; straightforward: a child's innocent stare.
    3. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
    4. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
    5. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
    6. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
    1. Not experienced or worldly; naive.
    2. Betraying or suggesting no deception or guile; artless.
    3. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
    4. Unaware: She remained innocent of the complications she had caused.
    1. Not exposed to or familiar with something specified; ignorant: American tourists wholly innocent of French.
    2. 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.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin innocēns, innocent- : in-, not; see in-1 + nocēns, present participle of nocēre, to harm; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.]

in'no·cent·ly adv.
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