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ignorance - 3 dictionary results

ig⋅no⋅rance

[ig-ner-uhns]
–noun
the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME < L ignōrantia. See ignore, -ance
ig·no·rance   (ĭg'nər-əns)   
n.  The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed.

Ignorance

Ig"no*rance\, n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.]

1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. --Shak.

2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. --Book of Common Prayer.

Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.
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