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in⋅no⋅cence

  [in-uh-suhns]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.
2. freedom from legal or specific wrong; guiltlessness: The prisoner proved his innocence.
3. simplicity; absence of guile or cunning; naiveté.
4. lack of knowledge or understanding.
5. harmlessness; innocuousness.
6. chastity.
7. an innocent person or thing.
8. bluet (def. 1).
9. blue-eyed Mary.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < L innocentia. See innocent, -ence
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blue-eyed Mary

 
–noun
a North American plant, Collinsia verna, of the figwort family, having long-stalked flowers with the upper lip white or purple and the lower lip blue.
Also called innocence.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism

blu⋅et

  [bloo-it]
–noun
1. Usually, bluets. Also called innocence, Quaker-ladies. any of several North American plants of the genus Houstonia (or Hedyotis), of the madder family, esp. H. caerulea, a low-growing plant having four-petaled blue and white flowers.
2. any of various other plants having blue flowers.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME blewet, blewed, var. of ME bloweth, blowed (see blue, blae ); suffix perh. OE -et, as in thicket
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blue-eyed Mary  
n.  An annual North American herb (Collinsia verna) having bicolored flowers with two lips. Also called innocence.
in·no·cence   (ĭn'ə-səns)   
n.  

  1. The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, as:

    1. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.

    2. Guiltlessness of a specific legal crime or offense.

    3. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.

    4. Lack of worldliness or sophistication; naiveté.

    5. Lack of knowledge or understanding; ignorance.

    6. Freedom from harmfulness; inoffensiveness.

  2. One that is innocent.

  3. Botany See blue-eyed Mary.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: in·no·cence
Pronunciation: 'i-n&-s&ns
Function: noun
: freedom from fault or guilt under the law: as a : the state of not being guilty of a particular crime or offense —compare GUILT b : the state of not being guilty of an act that constitutes a ground for divorce c : ignorance on the part of a party to a transaction of facts that would lead a person of ordinary prudence to make inquiries
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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