Innocent

Quick meaning: Innocent is an adjective meaning Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

Meaning

Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

More Meanings

1. Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
2. Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith.
3. Naive; artless.
4. (with of) Lacking (something), or knowledge of it.
5. Lawful; permitted.
6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
7. (obsolete except medicine) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign.

Example Sentences

I'm sure there's an innocent explanation for all this.

The spear / Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.

He didn't mean anything by it; it was an innocent mistake.

to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb to appease an angry god

Word Forms

• innocents

Synonyms for innocent

Depending on context, synonyms include blameless, clean, clean-handed, clear, dovelike, guiltless.

Antonyms for innocent

Common opposites include blameworthy, guilty, nocent, perverse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sinless, blameless, harmless, innocuous, clean-handed, impeccant.

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