Innocent /(?)/

In·no·cent

Innocent

a.
  1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
    The spear Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
  2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
    To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb.
    I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
    — Matt. xxvii. 4.
    The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey.
  3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
    Innocent from the great transgression.
    — Ps. xix. 13.
  4. Simple; artless; foolish.
  5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
  6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.

Phrases & Compounds
Innocent party
a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.

Innocent

n.
  1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
  2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
    In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.

Phrases & Compounds
Innocents' day
Childermas day.