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61Innocent — In•no•cent [[t]ˈɪn ə sənt[/t]] n. 1) big Innocent I, Saint, died a.d. 417, Italian pope 401–417 2) big Innocent II, (Gregorio Papareschi) died 1143, Italian pope 1130–43 3) big Innocent III, (Giovanni Lotario de Conti) 1161?–1216, Italian pope… …
62innocent — In occasional use as a vocative, with various meanings. It appears to mean ‘one who is free of guilt’ when Edgar, in Shakespeare’s King Lear (3:vi), says: ‘Pray, innocent, and beware the foul fiend.’ It often means ‘one of child like… …
63innocent — in•no•cent [[t]ˈɪn ə sənt[/t]] adj. 1) free from moral wrong; without sin; pure 2) free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless 3) not involving evil intent or motive 4) not causing physical or moral injury; harmless: innocent fun[/ex] 5) devoid… …
64innocent — adj. & n. adj. 1 free from moral wrong; sinless. 2 (usu. foll. by of) not guilty (of a crime etc.). 3 a simple; guileless; naiumlve. b pretending to be guileless. 4 harmless. 5 (foll. by of) colloq. without, lacking (appeared, innocent of shoes) …
65innocent — 1. Not apparently harmful. 2. Free from legal or moral wrong. [L. innocens ( ent ), fr. in, neg., + noceo, to injure] * * * in·no·cent in ə sənt adj lacking capacity to injure: BENIGN <an innocent tumor> <innocent heart murmurs> * * * …
66Innocent IV — (c. 1200–54) Pope. Innocent IV was born in Genoa, Italy, and was educated at the University of Bologna. He was made a Cardinal in 1227 and succeeded to the Papacy in 1243 after an eighteen month vacancy. At this point the Emperor Frederick… …
67innocent — adjective 1) he was entirely innocent Syn: guiltless, blameless, clean, irreproachable, honest, upright, law abiding 2) innocent fun Syn: harmless, innocuous, safe, inoffensive …
68innocent — Synonyms and related words: above suspicion, angel, angelic, artless, awkward, babe, bairn, beginner, benign, blameless, blankminded, blotless, bluff, blunt, boob, born yesterday, budding, callow, candid, chaste, cherub, child, child of nature,… …
69innocent — She and four other inmates have pleaded innocent to the tax charges (Boston Globe). It is perhaps pedantic to insist on it too rigorously on all occasions, but it is worth noting that in the United States, as in Britain, people do not… …
70Innocent I — (d. 417) Pope and Saint. Innocent made greater claims for the Papacy than any of his predecessors. Thirty six of his letters survive and in them he argued forcefully that the Western Bishops should follow Rome’s lead since their Churches… …
