The difference between Guiltless and Innocent

When used as adjectives, guiltless means free from guilt, whereas innocent means free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

Innocent is also noun with the meaning: one who is innocent, especially a young child.

check bellow for the other definitions of Guiltless and Innocent

  1. Guiltless as an adjective:

    Free from guilt; innocent.

  2. Guiltless as an adjective:

    Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

  1. Innocent as an adjective:

    Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

  2. Innocent as an adjective:

    Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.

  3. Innocent as an adjective:

    Naive; artless.

  4. Innocent as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.

    Examples:

    "an innocent medicine or remedy"

  5. Innocent as an adjective (with ''of''):

    Having no knowledge (of something).

  6. Innocent as an adjective (with ''of''):

    Lacking (something).

  7. Innocent as an adjective:

    Lawful; permitted.

    Examples:

    "an innocent trade"

  8. Innocent as an adjective:

    Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

    Examples:

    "innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation"

  1. Innocent as a noun:

    One who is innocent, especially a young child.

    Examples:

    "The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament."

  2. Innocent as a noun (obsolete):

    A harmless simple-minded person; an idiot.

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