Innocent | Mean of innocent in English Dictionary

/ˈɪnəsənt/

• not guilty of a crime or other wrong act
1. He says that he is innocent of the crime.
2. She was found innocent of all charges.
3. A person accused of a crime is considered innocent until proven guilty.
4. Someone told your secret, but it wasn't me. I'm innocent.
• not deserving to be harmed
1. an innocent victim
2. innocent bystanders
• lacking experience with the world and the bad things that happen in life
1. an innocent child

• not intended to cause harm or trouble
1. an innocent question
2. I made an innocent mistake; I'm sorry.
3. innocent [=harmless] fun
• having no knowledge of something
1. He was entirely innocent of what had happened. [=he did not know what had happened]