noun
1. a person who lacks knowledge of evil
Synonym: inexperienced person
adj
1. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness
e.g. fine innocent weather
2. completely wanting or lacking
e.g. writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaning
Synonym: barrendestitutedevoidfree
3. lacking intent or capacity to injure
e.g. an innocent prank
Synonym: innocuous
4. free from evil or guilt
e.g. an innocent child
the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
Synonym: guiltlessclean-handed
5. lacking in sophistication or worldliness
e.g. a child's innocent stare
his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
Synonym: ingenuous
6. free from sin
Synonym: impeccantsinless