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1. (adj.) innocent
free from moral wrong; without sin; pure.
2. innocent
free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless.
3. innocent
not involving evil intent or motive.
4. innocent
not causing physical or moral injury; harmless:
innocent fun.
5. innocent
devoid (usu. fol. by of):
a law innocent of merit.
6. innocent
having or showing the simplicity or naiveté of an unworldly person.
7. innocent
uninformed or unaware; ignorant.
8. (n.) innocent
an innocent person.
9. innocent
a young child.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < L innocent-, s. of innocēns=in-in -3+nocēns, prp. of nocēre to harm)
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| Definition of 'Innocent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) innocent, inexperienced person
a person who lacks knowledge of evil
2. (adj) innocent, guiltless, clean-handed
free from evil or guilt
"an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
3. (adj) innocent, innocuous
lacking intent or capacity to injure
"an innocent prank"
4. (adj) impeccant, innocent, sinless
free from sin
5. (adj) innocent, ingenuous
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"
6. (adj) innocent(p), unacquainted(p)
not knowledgeable about something specified
"American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs"
7. (adj) barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
completely wanting or lacking
"writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
8. (adj) innocent
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness
"fine innocent weather"
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1. (adjective) innocent
≠ guilty
an innocent man; He was found innocent of the murder charges.
2. innocent
having or showing no knowledge of bad things that happen in the world
an innocent little boy; an innocent kiss; "I've never even talked to him," she said innocently.
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| Definition of 'Innocent' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Innocent
not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy
2. (adj) Innocent
morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright
3. (adj) Innocent
free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged
4. (adj) Innocent
simple; artless; foolish
5. (adj) Innocent
lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade
6. (adj) Innocent
not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
7. (noun) Innocent
an innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin
8. (noun) Innocent
an unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot
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| Definitions of 'Innocent' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Innocent
the name of 13 Popes: Innocent I., Pope from 402 to 417; Innocent II., Pope from 1130 to 1143; Innocent III., Pope from 1198 to 1216; Innocent IV., Pope from 1243 to 1254; Innocent V., Pope in 1276; Innocent VI., Pope from 1352 to 1362, resided at Avignon; Innocent VII., Pope from 1404 to 1406; Innocent VIII., Pope from 1484 to 1492; Innocent IX., Pope in 1591; Innocent X., Pope from 1644 to 1655, condemned Jansenism; Innocent XI., Pope from 1676 to 1689; Innocent XII., Pope from 1691 to 1700; Innocent XIII., Pope from 1721 to 1724; of these there were two of note.
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Sense: not guilty (of a crime, misdeed etc)
A man should be presumed innocent of a crime until he is proved guilty; They hanged an innocent man.
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 Afrikaans: onskuldig |
 Arabic: بَريء |
 Bulgarian: невинен |
 Brazilian: inocente |
 Czech: nevinný |
 German: unschuldig |
 Danish: uskyldig |
 Greek: αθώος |
 Spanish: inocente |
 Estonian: süütu |
 Farsi: بی گناه |
 Finnish: syytön |
 French: innocent |
 Hebrew: חַף מִפֶּשַע |
 Hindi: निर्दोष |
 Croatian: nevin |
 Hungarian: ártatlan |
 Indonesian: tidak bersalah |
 Icelandic: saklaus |
 Italian: innocente |
 Japanese: 無罪の |
 Korean: 결백한 |
 Lithuanian: nekaltas |
 Latvian: nevainīgs |
 Malay: tidak bersalah |
 Dutch: onschuldig |
 Norwegian: uskyldig |
 Polish: niewinny |
 Persian: بی گناه |
 Pashto: پاك معصوم.سپيڅلى ، بى ګنا |
 Portuguese: inocente |
 Romanian: inocent |
 Russian: невиновный |
 Slovak: nevinný |
 Slovenian: nedolžen |
 Serbian: nedužan |
 Swedish: oskyldig |
 Thai: ซึ่งไม่มีความผิด (กฎหมาย) |
 Turkish: suçsuz, masum |
 Taiwanese: 清白的 |
 Ukrainian: невинний |
 Urdu: معصوم |
 Vietnamese: vô tội |
 Chinese: 清白的 |
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