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"
free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"
If someone is innocent, they have no experience or knowledge of the more complex or unpleasant aspects of life. They seemed so young and innocent = naive An innocent is someone who is innocent. Ian was a hopeless innocent where women were concerned. + innocently in·no·cent·ly The baby gurgled innocently on the bed
Innocent people are those who are not involved in a crime or conflict, but are injured or killed as a result of it. All those wounded were innocent victims