in the clear vs innocent

in the clear

prep
  • Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing. 

  • Transmitted without encryption or scrambling. 

  • No longer in danger. 

innocent

adj
  • Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. 

  • Not harmful; innocuous; harmless; benign. 

  • Without wrongful intent; accidental or in good faith. 

  • Naive; artless. 

  • Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture. 

  • Lawful; permitted. 

  • Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act. 

  • Lacking (something), or knowledge of it. 

noun
  • One who is innocent, especially a young child. 

How often have the words in the clear and innocent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )