Definition of innocent

• a. - Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
• a. - Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
• a. - Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
• a. - Simple; artless; foolish.
• a. - Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
• a. - Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
• n. - An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
• n. - An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.