INNOCENTER
Adjective
innocenter
(nonstandard) comparative form of innocent
Anagrams
• nonenteric
Source: Wiktionary
INNOCENT
In"no*cent, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition