Innocent
[n] a person who lacks knowledge of evil
[adj] (archaic) used of things; lacking sense or awareness; "ignorant hope"; "fine innocent weather"
[adj] lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[adj] free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
[adj] 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"
[adj] free from sin
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Synonyms
absolved, acquitted, blameless, clean-handed, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, guiltless, harmless, ignorant, impeccant, inculpable, inexperienced person, ingenuous, innocuous, irreproachable, naif, naive, not guilty, sinless, unconscious, unimpeac
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above suspicion, angel, angelic, artless, awkward, babe, bairn, beginner, benign, blameless, blankminded, blotless, bluff, blunt, boob, born yesterday, budding, callow, candid, chaste, cherub, child, child of nature, childlike, chit, chump, cinch, clean,