innocent
/ˈɪnʌsʌnt/
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Definitions
Adjective
free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
Adjective Satellite
lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
Adjective Satellite
free from sin
Adjective Satellite
lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child''s innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
Adjective Satellite
not knowledgeable about something specified; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
Adjective Satellite
completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
Adjective Satellite
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent weather"
Noun
a person who lacks knowledge of evil