innocent
free from evil or guilt
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,334 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,753 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- free from evil or guilt also: guiltless, clean-handed an innocent childthe principle that one is innocent until proved guilty
- lacking intent or capacity to injure also: innocuous an innocent prank
- free from sin also: impeccant, sinless
- lacking in sophistication or worldliness also: ingenuous a child's innocent starehis ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
- not knowledgeable about something specified also: unacquainted American tourists wholly innocent of Frencha person unacquainted with our customs
- completely wanting or lacking also: barren, destitute, devoid, free writing barren of insightyoung recruits destitute of experience
noun
- a person who lacks knowledge of evil also: inexperienced person
innocent in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She was very brave and healthy and cheerful, very abundant and innocent and wicked.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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The noble Hystaspes has said, that I am able to prove your brother innocent.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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All her innocent, solitary, dreamy days quite over, her happiness vanished; her regrets become a crime.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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To find himself thus held up to public curiosity, though innocent, was more than he could bear.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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But I had no hand in it; I am innocent; my skirts are clear of the melancholy fact.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1