innocent

Speech parts

1. innocent - Noun

2. innocent - Adjective

3. innocent - Adjective Satellite

4. Innocent - Proper noun

Meaning

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

Simple; artless; foolish.

Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

guiltless pure harmless blameless spotless faultless ingenuous untainted immaculate unacquainted upright devoid benign virtuous naive
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Antonyms

guilty australian arch cyprian joker jezebel
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

virgin boy scout dear lamb naif

Phrases with the word

as innocent as a lamb find innocent be innocent less innocent innocent swelling more innocent

Examples

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments. Rutherford B. Hayes

To be innocent is to be not guilty But to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. William Penn

Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. Ayn Rand

He who pursues an innocent chicken always stumbles. Nigerian Proverb

An innocent heart suspects no guile. Portuguese Proverb

The prayer of the innocent has no wings. Berber Proverb

Close letter words and terms

innocence innocency innocense innocent about innocent agent innocent air