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 fol. by of ):a law innocent of merit.
having or showing the simplicity or naiveté of an unworldly person; guileless; ingenuous.
uninformed or unaware; ignorant.
n.
an innocent person.
a young child.
a guileless person.
a simpleton or idiot.
Plant BiologyUsually, innocents. (used with a sing. v.) bluet (def. 1).
Latin innocent- (stem of innocēns) harmless, equivalent. to in-in-3 + nocēns present participle of nocēre to harm; see -ent; compare noxious
Middle English 1150–1200
in′no•cent•ly, adv.
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, esp. 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.