Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.

(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

Fair; good enough; okay.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}

Significant; substantial.

(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

* A sable stole of cyprus lawn / Over thy decent shoulders drawn — Milton.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

* 1606 , , IV. iii. 16:

to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb

Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.

Naive; artless.

* 1600 , , V. ii. 37:

I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;

(obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.

an innocent medicine or remedy

* Alexander Pope

The spear / Sung innocent , and spent its force in air.

Having no knowledge (of something).

Lacking (something).

Lawful; permitted.

an innocent trade

Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.

innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation