About The Word Innocence
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Innocence
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What's The Definition Of Innocence?
[n] the quality of innocent naivete
[n] a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" [n] the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Synonyms | Synonyms for Innocence: artlessness | ingenuousness | naturalness | purity | sinlessness Related Terms | Find terms related to Innocence: agnosticism | artlessness | benignancy | benignity | blankmindedness | blotlessness | bluffness | bluntness | callowness | candor | chastity | childlikeness | cleanliness | cleanness | directness | empty-headedness | greenhornism | greenness | guilelessness | guiltlessness | harmlessness | hiatus of learning | honor | hurtlessness | ignorance | ignorantism | ignorantness | immaculacy | immaculateness | inanity | inexperience | ingenuousness | innocuousness | inoffensiveness | knowledge-gap | know-nothingism | lack of information | naiveness | naivete | naivety | nescience | obscurantism | openheartedness | openness | outspokenness | plainness | purity | rawness | sexual innocence | simpleheartedness | simplemindedness | simpleness | simplicity | sincerity | single-heartedness | single-mindedness | singleness of heart | snowiness | spotlessness | stainlessness | tabula rasa | taintlessness | trustfulness | unacquaintance | unacquaintedness | unawareness | unblemishedness | unblottedness | uncorruptness | undefiledness | unfamiliarity | unguardedness | uninjuriousness | unintelligence | unknowing | unknowingness | unobnoxiousness | unripeness | unsoiledness | unsophisticatedness | unsophistication | unspottedness | unstainedness | unsulliedness | unsuspiciousness | untaintedness | unwariness | vacuity | vacuousness | virtue | virtuousness | whiteness See Also | blamelessness | cleanness | clear | condition | guiltlessness | inculpability | inculpableness | naiveness | naivete | naivety | status Innocence In Webster's Dictionary \In"no*cence\, n. [F. innocence, L. innocentia. See
{Innocent}.]
1. The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that
which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.
2. The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or
sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.
The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when
speaking fails. --Shak.
Banished from man's life his happiest life,
Simplicity and spotless innocence! --Milton.
3. The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or
guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the
innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.
4. Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or
silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness. --Chaucer. Shak.
Syn: Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity;
sinlessness; guiltlessness.
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