INNOCENT
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In"no*cent (?), a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See Noxious.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.
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The spear
Sung innocent, and spent its force in air.
Pope.
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2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.
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To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb.
Shak.
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I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.
Matt. xxvii. 4.
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The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey.
Milton.
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3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.
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Innocent from the great transgression.
Ps. xix. 13.
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4. Simple; artless; foolish. Shak.
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5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
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6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.
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Innocent party (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality.
Syn. -- Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright.
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In"no*cent, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. Shak.
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2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson.
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In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
Sir W. Scott.
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Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.
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