INNOCENT


Meaning of INNOCENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈi-nə-sənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in- + nocent-, nocens wicked, from present participle of nocēre to harm — more at noxious

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : blameless

an innocent child

b. : harmless in effect or intention

searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation — Leonard Wibberley

also : candid

gave me an innocent gaze

c. : free from legal guilt or fault ; also : lawful

a wholly innocent transaction

2.

a. : lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : artless , ingenuous

b. : ignorant

almost entirely innocent of Latin — C. L. Wrenn

also : unaware

perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created — B. R. Haydon

3. : lacking or deprived of something

her face innocent of cosmetics — Marcia Davenport

• innocent noun

• in·no·cent·ly adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.