Innocent

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1. Adjective

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

2. Adjective

Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.

3. Adjective

Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.

4. Adjective

Simple; artless; foolish.

5. Adjective

Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.

6. Adjective

Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

7. Noun

An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.

8. Noun

An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
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