Innocent
Thirteen popes' name
Innocent means free from guilt or wrongdoing.
An innocent person hasn't committed the crime they're accused of: The jury found him innocent.
Innocent also means naive or lacking worldly experience—an innocent child doesn't yet understand cruelty or deception.
By extension, innocent describes things harmless or without malicious intent: an innocent mistake, innocent fun.
As a noun, an innocent is someone guileless or uncorrupted, often a victim: civilians and other innocents caught in the crossfire.
Free of wrongdoing
- acquittedDeclared legally innocent
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
- clearedFound not guilty
- vindicatedCleared of accusation
absolved · not guilty · pardoned · uncharged · released · freed · presumed · defendant
Innocently unsuspecting
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- trustingInclined to believe others
- guilelessFree from deceit
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
wide-eyed · artless · simple · credulous · unworldly · gullible · impressionable · sheltered
Not harmful or threatening
- inoffensiveCausing no displeasure
- safeFree from peril
- mildModerate in intensity
- gentleSoft and kind
unthreatening · tame · unobjectionable · well-meaning · bystander · civilian · noncombatant · collateral
Morally excellent, principled
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- virginalUnsullied or inexperienced
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- decentAcceptably good
modest · unblemished · untouched · wholesome · sinless · righteous · moral · upright
Lacking knowledge of something
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
uninformed · ignorant · unwitting · blind · unenlightened · duped · deceived · misled
blameless
Free of wrongdoing
- acquittedDeclared legally innocent
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
- clearedFound not guilty
vindicated · absolved · not guilty · pardoned · uncharged · released · freed · presumed · defendant · alibi
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
unspoiled · wide-eyed · artless · simple · credulous · unworldly · gullible · impressionable · sheltered · inexperienced
benign
Not harmful or threatening
- inoffensiveCausing no displeasure
- safeFree from peril
- mildModerate in intensity
gentle · unthreatening · tame · unobjectionable · well-meaning · bystander · civilian · noncombatant · collateral · victim
virtuous
Morally excellent, principled
- chasteAbstaining from sexual activity
- virginalUnsullied or inexperienced
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
decent · modest · unblemished · untouched · wholesome · sinless · righteous · moral · upright · uncorrupted
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
unsuspecting · uninformed · ignorant · unwitting · blind · unenlightened · duped · deceived · misled · fooled
- Virtue NamesChastity, Constance, Faith, Felicity, Fidelity
- Papal NamesBenedict, Gregory, John, Leo, Paul
- Church FathersAugustine, Ambrose, Jerome, Athanasius, Ignatius of Antioch
- Royal NamesAugustus, Anne, Caesar, Charles, Carl
- Manga/AnimeAkira, Berserk, Death Note, Naruto, One Piece
- Produce BrandsDole, Del Monte, Green Giant, Halos, Honeycrisp
Innocentguilty
Responsible for wrongdoing
convicted · culpable · liable · responsible · criminal
Innocentguilty
Responsible for wrongdoing
sinful · culpable · wicked · blameworthy · evil
Innocentworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
experienced · jaded · sophisticated · worldly-wise · cynical
- innocent bystanderUninvolved person harmed incidentally
- loss of innocenceEnd of childhood naivety
- innocent man
- childhood innocenceUntainted early-life simplicity
- innocent as a lambUtterly free from wrongdoing
- guilty or innocentCriminal trial outcomes