Innocent

[in-uh-suh nt] /ˈɪn ə sənt/

adjective
1.
free from moral wrong; without sin; pure:
innocent children.
2.
free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless:
innocent of the crime.
3.
not involving evil intent or motive:
an innocent misrepresentation.
4.
not causing physical or moral injury; harmless:
innocent fun.
5.
devoid (usually followed by of):
a law innocent of merit.
6.
having or showing the simplicity or naiveté of an unworldly person; guileless; ingenuous.
7.
uninformed or unaware; ignorant.
noun
8.
an innocent person.
9.
a young child.
10.
a guileless person.
11.
a simpleton or idiot.
12.
Usually, innocents. (used with a singular verb) (def 1).
[in-uh-suh nt] /ˈɪn ə sənt/
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Saint, died a.d. 417, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 401–417.
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(Gregorio Papareschi) died 1143, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1130–43.
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(Giovanni Lotario de’ Conti) 1161?–1216, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1198–1216.
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(Sinbaldo de Fieschi) c1180–1254, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1243–54.
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(Pierre de Tarentaise) c1225–76, French ecclesiastic: pope 1276.
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(Étienne Aubert) died 1362, French jurist and ecclesiastic: pope 1352–62.
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(Cosimo de’ Migliorati) 1336–1406, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1404–06.
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(Giovanni Battista Cibò) 1432–92, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1484–92.
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(Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti) 1519–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1591.
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(Giambattista Pamfili) 1574–1655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1644–55.
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(Benedetto Odescalchi) 1611–89, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1676–89.
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(Antonio Pignatelli) 1615–1700, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1691–1700.
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(Michelangelo Conti) 1655–1724, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1721–24.
/ˈɪnəsənt/
adjective
1.
not corrupted or tainted with evil or unpleasant emotion; sinless; pure
2.
not guilty of a particular crime; blameless
3.
(postpositive) foll by of. free (of); lacking: innocent of all knowledge of history
4.

5.
credulous, naive, or artless
6.
simple-minded; slow-witted
noun
7.
an innocent person, esp a young child or an ingenuous adult
8.
a simple-minded person; simpleton
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original name Gregorio Papareschi. died 1143, pope (1130–43). He condemned Abelard’s teachings
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original name Giovanni Lotario de’ Conti. ?1161–1216, pope (1198–1216), under whom the temporal power of the papacy reached its height. He instituted the Fourth Crusade (1202) and a crusade against the Albigenses (1208), and called the fourth Lateran Council (1215)
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original name Sinibaldo de’ Fieschi. died 1254, pope (1243–54); an unrelenting enemy of Emperor Frederick II and his heirs
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mid-14c., “doing no evil, free from sin or guilt,” from Old French inocent “harmless; not guilty; pure” (11c.), from Latin innocentem (nominative innocens) “not guilty, harmless, blameless,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + nocentem (nominative nocens), present participle of nocere “to harm” (see noxious). Meaning “free from guilt of a specific crime or charge” is from late 14c. The earliest use was as a noun, “person who is innocent of sin or evil” (c.1200). The Holy Innocents (early 14c.) were the young children slain by Herod sfter the birth of Jesus (Matt. ii:16).

innocent in·no·cent (ĭn’ə-sənt)
adj.
Not apparently harmful; benign.