innocence
the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
freedom from legal or specific wrong; guiltlessness: The prisoner proved his innocence.
simplicity; absence of guile or cunning; naiveté.
lack of knowledge or understanding.
harmlessness; innocuousness.
an innocent person or thing.
Origin of innocence
1Other words from innocence
- su·per·in·no·cence, noun
Words that may be confused with innocence
- innocence , innocents
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How to use innocence in a sentence
Mrs. Besant, with her innocences and enthusiasms, was a baby in the hands of this female Cagliostro.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. FooteDeath is theirs, The death of innocences and despairs; The dying of the golden and the grey.
Later Poems | Alice MeynellIts misfortunes, its infirmities, its innocences were counted to it as sins.
The Combined Maze | May Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for innocence
/ (ˈɪnəsəns) /
the quality or state of being innocent: Archaic word: innocency (ˈɪnəsənsɪ)
Origin of innocence
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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