noun
a person who lacks knowledge of evil
Synonyms
inexperienced person
adjective
free from evil or guilt
Synonyms
Examples
- an innocent child
- the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
adjective
lacking intent or capacity to injure
Synonyms
Examples
- an innocent prank
adjective
free from sin
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adjective
lacking in sophistication or worldliness
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Examples
- 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
adjective
not knowledgeable about something specified
Synonyms
innocent(p)
unacquainted(p)
Examples
- American tourists wholly innocent of French
- a person unacquainted with our customs
adjective
completely wanting or lacking
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Examples
- writing barren of insight
- young recruits destitute of experience
- innocent of literary merit
- the sentence was devoid of meaning
adjective
(used of things) lacking sense or awareness
Examples
- fine innocent weather