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Virtuous vs Innocent - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between virtuous and innocent

is that virtuous is full of virtue, having excellent moral character while innocent is (pure, free from sin, untainted)Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.

As a noun innocent is

those who are innocent; young children.

virtuous

English

Alternative forms

* vertuous (obsolete) * vertuus (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

    • Synonyms

    * good * righteous

    Derived terms

    * virtuousness

    Related terms

    * virtual * virtue * virtuosity

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    innocent

    English

    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

    Synonyms

    * (free from blame or guilt) sackless * (free from sin) pure, untainted * See also

    Antonyms

    * (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act) guilty, nocent

    Related terms

    * innocence * innocently * innocuous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Those who are innocent; young children.
    • The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.
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