In·no·cent, n.
1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin.
2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot.
In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent. --Sir W. Scott.
Innocents' day Eccl., Childermas day.
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Innocents' Day
n : December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children
of Bethlehem [syn: Holy Innocents' Day]