IN'NOCENT, adjective [Latin innocens.] 1. Properly, not noxious; not producing injury; free from qualities that can injure; harmless; innoxious; as an innocent medicine or remedy. 2. Free from guilt; not having done wrong or violated any law; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. In this general sense, no human being that is a moral agent, can be innocent It is followed by of. 3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or evil action; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged in the indictment. 4. Lawful; permitted; as an innocent trade. 5. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation. IN'NOCENT, noun One free from guilt or harm. 1. A natural; an idiot. [Unusual.]
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