ˈɪnəsənt adj. & n. --adj. 1
free from moral wrong; sinless. 2 (usu. foll. by of)
not guilty (of a
crime etc.). 3 a
simple; guileless;
naìve. b pretending to be guileless. 4
harmless. 5 (foll. by of) colloq.
without,
lacking (appeared, innocent of shoes). --n. 1 an innocent
person,
esp. a
young child. 2 (in pl.)
the young
children killed by Herod
after the
birth of
Jesus (Matt. 2:16). øInnocents' (or
Holy Innocents')
Day the day, 28
Dec., commemorating the
massacre of the innocents. øøinnocence n. innocency n. innocently adv. [ME f. OF innocent or L innocens innocent(as
IN-(1), nocere hurt)]