nocent UK /ˈnəʊ.sənt/US /ˈnoʊ.sənt/adjective 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •(rare) Causing injury; harmful. •(no longer used) guilty; not innocentHe is not innocent, whom the kinge iudgeth nocent. — 1571 noun1 •(no longer used) A guilty person.[…] there is no reason that the innocents and nocents sufferings should be alike, for then punishments would not be so effectuall to terrifie others, nor to give future security to innocence. — 1649 formsnocents · more nocent · most nocent