1. Free from evil or guilt
   "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty";
   - guiltless, clean-handed
    
2. Free from sin
   "The innocent reputation of the saint inspired devotion among the faithful";
   - impeccant, sinless
    
3. Lacking in sophistication or worldliness
   "a child's innocent stare";
   - ingenuous
    
4. Not knowledgeable about something specified
   "American tourists wholly innocent of French";
   - unacquainted
    
5. Lacking intent or capacity to injure
   "an innocent prank";
   - innocuous
    
6. Completely wanting or lacking
   "innocent of literary merit";
   - barren, destitute, devoid, free, empty
    
7. [archaic] (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
   "fine innocent weather"

1. A person who is naive, inexperienced, or free from guilt
   "The innocent abroad was shocked by the harsh realities of the world"
    
2. A person who is legally not guilty of a crime
   "The court's duty is to protect the innocent"

Derived forms: innocents

See also: absolved, acquitted, blameless, clear, cleared, exculpated, exculpatory, exonerated, harmless, inculpable, inexistent [rare], irreproachable, naif, naïf, naive, naïve, nonexistent, not guilty, righteous, unconscious, unimpeachable, uninformed, vindicated, virtuous, wet behind the ears

Type of: actor, doer, worker

Encyclopedia: Innocent, Her Fancy and His Fact