free from guilt or sin; pure
innocent children
harmless in effect or intention
an innocent conversation
(often + of) free from legal guilt
found innocent of all charges
not aware; ignorant
not crafty or scheming in nature; ingenuous
literary (+ of) lacking or deprived of something
a face innocent of make-up
innocence noun
innocently adv
[Middle English via French from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in-1 + nocent-, nocens wicked]