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