Definition of Innocint
Innocent, the name of 13 Popes: Innocent I., Pope from 402 to
417; Innocent II., Pope from 1130 to 1143; Innocent III., Pope
from 1198 to 1216; Innocent IV., Pope from 1243 to 1254; Innocent
V., Pope in 1276; Innocent VI., Pope from 1352 to 1362, resided
at Avignon; Innocent VII., Pope from 1404 to 1406; Innocent
VIII., Pope from 1484 to 1492; Innocent IX., Pope in 1591;
Innocent X., Pope from 1644 to 1655, condemned Jansenism; Innocent
XI., Pope from 1676 to 1689; Innocent XII., Pope from 1691 to
1700; Innocent XIII., Pope from 1721 to 1724; of these there were
two of note.
- Wikipedia
In"no*cent (?), a. [F. innocent,
L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not +
nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See
Noxious.] 1. Not harmful; free from that
which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an
innocent medicine or remedy.
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.
In"no*cent, n. 1.
An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt
or sin. Shak.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Pure, incorrupt, unspoiled, or naïve.
- Bearing no responsibility for a crime.
- Harmless.
French
- innocent
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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