not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.-morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright.-free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged.-simple; artless; foolish.-lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade.-not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation.-an innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.-an unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.