N. artlessness, nature, simplicity,
innocence,
bonhomie,
naivete,
abandon,
candor,
sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart,
honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible
V. be artless, look one in the face, wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at, think aloud, speak out, speak one's mind, be free with one, call a spade a spade
Adj. artless, natural, pure, native,
confiding, simple,
lain, inartificial, untutored,
unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected,
naive,
sincere,
frank, open, open as day,
candid,
ingenuous,
guileless,
unsuspicious,
honest, innocent,
arcadian, undesigning,
straightforward, unreserved,
aboveboard,
simple-minded,
single-minded, frank-hearted,
open-hearted,
single-hearted,
simple-hearted,
free-spoken,
plain-spoken, outspoken,
blunt,
downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical,
unflattering Adv. in plain words, in plain english, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter
Phr. davus sum non oedipus, liberavi animam meam, "as frank as rain on cherry blossoms", 1, conditional antagonism
V. be innocent, nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa,
acquit,
exculpate Adj. innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless,
stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear,
immaculate, rectus in curia,
unspotted,
unblemished,
unerring,
undefiled,
unhardened,
saturnian,
arcadian,
inculpable,
unculpable,
unblamed,
unblamable,
blameless, unfallen,
inerrable, above suspicion,
irreproachable,
irreprovable,
irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable,
unimpeachable,
salvable,
venial,
harmless, inoffensive,
innoxious,
innocuous, dove-like, lamb- like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, "more sinned against than sinning",
virtuous,
unreproved,
unimpeached, unreproached
Adv. innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience
Phr. murus aeneus conscientia sana
