innocent

Innocent means free from sin, guilt or wrongdoing. (adjective)

An example of innocent used as an adjective is the phrase an innocent joke which means a joke that does not cause harm.

An innocent is a person free from wrongdoing, guilt or evil. (noun)

An example of an innocent is a newborn baby.

See innocent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

free from sin, evil, or guilt; specif.,
1. doing or thinking nothing morally wrong; pure
2. not guilty of a specific crime or offense; guiltless
3. free from harmful effect or cause; that does not harm, injure, or corrupt
4. not malignant; benign: an innocent tumor
1. knowing no evil
2. without guile or cunning; artless; simple
3. naive
4. ignorant
totally lacking: with of: innocent of adornment

noun

Related Forms:

(died 417); pope (401-417): his day is July 28
(born Gregorio Papareschi) died 1143; pope (1130-43)
(born Lotario de' Conti de' Segni) 1161?-1216; pope (1198-1216)
(born Sinibaldo de' Fieschi) died 1254; pope (1243-54)
(born Benedetto Odeschalchi) 1611-89; pope (1676-89)

See innocent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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