meaning of innocent
1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
4. Simple; artless; foolish.
5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
7. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
8. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
9. a person who lacks knowledge of evil
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