The spear Sung innocent,and spent its force in air.
--Pope.
2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin;
pure; upright.
To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb. --Shak.
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
blood. --Matt. xxvii.
4.
The aidless,innocent lady, his wished prey.
--Milton.
3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as,
a man is innocent of the crime charged.
Innocent from the great transgression. --Ps. xix.
13.
4. Simple; artless; foolish. --Shak.
5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.
6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent
goods carried to a belligerent nation.
{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.
2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an
idiot. --B. Jonson.
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent.
--Sir W.
Scott.
{Innocents' day} (Eccl.), Childermas day.