Innocent

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adj. 无辜的, 清白的;无害的;单纯的
［英］无辜的, 清白的 ( not guilty of wrongdoing) 无害的 ( harmless) 单纯的 ( knowing nothing of evil or wrong)
［记］ in ( 无) +noc ( 伤害, 毒) +ent -> 无害的

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin innocent-, innocens, from in- + nocent-, nocens wicked, from present participle of nocēre to harm — more at noxious
Date: 14th century
1.
- a. free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil ; blameless <an innocent child>
- b. harmless in effect or intention <searching for a hidden motive in even the most innocent conversation — Leonard Wibberley>; also candid <gave me an innocent gaze>
- c. free from legal guilt or fault; also lawful <a wholly innocent transaction>
2.
- a. lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness ; artless, ingenuous
- b. ignorant <almost entirely innocent of Latin — C. L. Wrenn>; also unaware <perfectly innocent of the confusion he had created — B. R. Haydon>
3. lacking or deprived of something <her face innocent of cosmetics — Marcia Davenport>
? innocent noun
? innocently adverb