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innocent

adjective
  1. Free from evil and corruption: angelic, angelical, clean, lily-white, pure, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unstained, unsullied, untainted, virginal. Idiom: pure as the driven snow. See clean, right, sex
  2. Free from guilt or blame: blameless, faultless, guiltless, harmless, irreproachable, lily-white, unblamable. Slang: clean. Idiom: in the clear. See right
  3. Within, allowed by, or sanctioned by the law: lawful, legal, legitimate, licit. Slang: legit. See law
  4. Devoid of hurtful qualities: harmless, hurtless, innocuous, inoffensive, unoffensive. See help
  5. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit: artless, guileless, ingenuous, naive, natural, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly. See honest
  6. Not aware or informed: ignorant, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting. Idiom: in the dark. See knowledge
  7. Not having a desirable element: barren, destitute, devoid, empty, lacking, void, wanting. Idiom: in want of. See full
noun
  1. A pure, uncorrupted person: angel, lamb, virgin. See clean, right
  2. A guileless, unsophisticated person: babe, child, ingénue, naive. Idiom: babe in the woods. See knowledge
  3. A young person between birth and puberty: bud 1, child, juvenile, moppet, tot 1, youngster. Informal: kid. Scots: bairn. See kin, youth

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