innocent
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(adj) free from evil or guilt. Synonyms: innocent (vs. guilty), guiltless, clean-handed. Examples: "An innocent child." "The principle that one is innocent until proved guilty."
Adjective Definition 1
(adj) lacking intent or capacity to injure. Synonyms: innocuous. Example: "An innocent prank."
Adjective Definition 2
(adj) lacking in sophistication or worldliness. Synonyms: ingenuous. Examples: "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."
Adjective Definition 4
(adj) not knowledgeable about something specified. Synonyms: innocent(predicate), unacquainted(predicate). Examples: "American tourists wholly innocent of french." "A person unacquainted with our customs."
Adjective Definition 5
(adj) completely wanting or lacking. Synonyms: barren, destitute, devoid, free. Examples: "Writing barren of insight." "Young recruits destitute of experience." "Innocent of literary merit." "The sentence was devoid of meaning."
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