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  2. a. : free from legal guilt or fault. also : lawful. a wholly innocent transaction. b. : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : blameless. an innocent child. c. : harmless in effect or intention.

  3. Add to word list. (of a person) not guilty of a particular crime, or having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life, or (of words or an action) not intended to cause harm: He pleaded innocent to all charges against him. It was a totally innocent kind of mistake.

  4. adjective. not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure. not guilty of a particular crime; blameless. postpositivefoll byof free (of); lacking. innocent of all knowledge of history. harmless or innocuous. an innocent game. not cancerous. an innocent tumour. credulous, naive, or artless. simple-minded; slow-witted.

  5. Innocent is an adjective that describes someone or something that is not harmful or at least doesn’t cause harm on purpose. It can also be used when talking about a person who did not commit a crime.

  6. Definition of innocent. 1. as in pure. free from sin an innocent baby. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. pure. white. honorable. chaste. righteous. immaculate. honest. impeccable. sinless. moral. ethical. virtuous. good.

  7. not guilty of a crime, etc.; not having done something wrong. They have imprisoned an innocent man. innocent of something She was found innocent of any crime. innocent of doing something I was convinced that he was innocent of taking the money. He was the innocent party (= person) in the dispute.

  8. used to emphasize that someone who was hurt had done nothing wrong: Several innocent civilians were killed in the bombing. innocent adjective (NOT INTENDED TO HARM) not intended to harm or upset anyone: It was an innocent mistake. innocently. adverb. (Definition of innocent from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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