Synonym: blameless, faultless, guiltless, harmless, sinless. Antonym: guilty. Similar words: innocence, innocuous, egocentric, in no way, in no time, innovation, innovative, Cent.. Meaning: [ɪnəsnt] 
n. a person who lacks knowledge of evil. adj. 1. free from evil or guilt 2. lacking intent or capacity to injure 3. free from sin 4. lacking in sophistication or worldliness 5. not knowledgeable about something specified 6. completely wanting or lacking 7. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness.
n. a person who lacks knowledge of evil. adj. 1. free from evil or guilt 2. lacking intent or capacity to injure 3. free from sin 4. lacking in sophistication or worldliness 5. not knowledgeable about something specified 6. completely wanting or lacking 7. (used of things) lacking sense or awareness. 181. The official in the tax office contended that the shopkeeper was innocent.
182. To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent. PUBLILIUS SYRUS 
More similar words: innocence, innocuous, egocentric, in no way, in no time, innovation, innovative, Cent., scent, center, recent, accent, ascent, decent, per cent, announcement, nascent, central, century, incentive, recently, reticent, percentage, senescent, centurion, more often than not, accentuate, adolescent, licentious, translucent.