| innocence | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness | the quality of innocent naivete. |
| ~ naiveness, naivete, naivety | lack of sophistication or worldliness. |
| ~ innocency | an innocent quality or thing or act.; "the innocencies of childhood" |
| n. (state) | 2. innocence, pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness | the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil. |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ cleanness | without moral defects. |
| n. (state) | 3. innocence | a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense.; "the trial established his innocence" |
| ~ condition, status | a state at a particular time.; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" |
| ~ blamelessness, guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness | a state of innocence. |
| ~ clear | the state of being free of suspicion.; "investigation showed that he was in the clear" |
| innocent | | |
| n. (person) | 1. inexperienced person, innocent | a person who lacks knowledge of evil. |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ boy scout | a man who is considered naive. |
| ~ dear, lamb | a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child). |
| ~ naif | a naive or inexperienced person. |
| ~ virgin | a person who has never had sex. |
| adj. | 2. clean-handed, guiltless, innocent | free from evil or guilt.; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" |
| ~ exculpatory | clearing of guilt or blame. |
| ~ absolved, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated, cleared, clear | freed from any question of guilt.; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated" |
| ~ acquitted, not guilty | declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime; legally blameless.; "he stands acquitted on all charges"; "the jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity" |
| ~ blameless, inculpable, irreproachable, unimpeachable | free of guilt; not subject to blame.; "has lived a blameless life"; "of irreproachable character"; "an unimpeachable reputation" |
| ~ righteous | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice.; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much" |
| adj. | 3. innocent, innocuous | lacking intent or capacity to injure.; "an innocent prank" |
| ~ harmless | not causing or capable of causing harm.; "harmless bacteria"; "rendered the bomb harmless" |
| adj. | 4. impeccant, innocent, sinless | free from sin. |
| ~ virtuous | morally excellent. |
| adj. | 5. ingenuous, innocent | lacking in sophistication or worldliness.; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it" |
| ~ naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
| adj. | 6. innocent, unacquainted | not knowledgeable about something specified.; "American tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted with our customs" |
| ~ uninformed | not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public" |
| adj. | 7. barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking.; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" |
| ~ nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality.; "chimeras are nonexistent" |
| adj. | 8. innocent | (used of things) lacking sense or awareness.; "fine innocent weather" |
| ~ archaicism, archaism | the use of an archaic expression. |
| ~ unconscious | not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead.; "lay unconscious on the floor" |
| naive | | |
| adj. | 1. naif, naive | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience.; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances" |
| ~ credulous | disposed to believe on little evidence.; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous" |
| ~ uninformed | not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public" |
| ~ dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed, childlike, simple | exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" |
| ~ credulous | showing a lack of judgment or experience.; "so credulous he believes everything he reads" |
| ~ fleeceable, gullible, green | naive and easily deceived or tricked.; "at that early age she had been gullible and in love" |
| ~ ingenuous, innocent | lacking in sophistication or worldliness.; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it" |
| ~ simple-minded | lacking subtlety and insight.; "a simple-minded argument" |
| ~ unsophisticated, unworldly | not wise in the ways of the world.; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman" |
| ~ unworldly | not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations.; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards" |
| adj. | 2. naive, primitive | of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style.; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking" |
| ~ beaux arts, fine arts | the study and creation of visual works of art. |
| ~ untrained | not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training.; "an untrained voice"; "untrained troops"; "young minds untrained in the habit of concentration" |
| adj. | 3. naive | inexperienced. |
| ~ innate, unconditioned, unlearned | not established by conditioning or learning.; "an unconditioned reflex" |
| adj. | 4. naive, unenlightened, uninstructed | lacking information or instruction.; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" |
| ~ uninformed | not informed; lacking in knowledge or information.; "the uninformed public" |
| adj. | 5. naive, uninitiate, uninitiated | not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject" |
| ~ inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training. |
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