adj simple; artless; foolish.
2. innocent ·adj lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
3. innocent ·noun an innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
4. innocent ·adj morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
5. innocent ·noun an unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
6. innocent ·adj not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
7. innocent ·adj free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
8. innocent ·adj not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.