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innocence
[ in-uh-suhns ]
noun
- 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.
innocence
/ ˈɪəəԲ /
noun
- the quality or state of being innocent Archaic wordinnocencyˈɪəəԲɪ
Other Word Forms
- p·n·Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of innocence1
Word History and Origins
Origin of innocence1
Example Sentences
Amanda Knox has accused the media of having built a false narrative around her, depicting her as guilty despite her proven innocence.
They are now in a foreign prison with no rights to appeal or plead their innocence.
Part of the series’ tractor-beam pull is that installments don’t always end with a shamelessly audience-satiating happy climax: Characters are abducted, they lose their innocence, they die in childbirth, they die en masse.
The right's lawyer argued that censoring these books wasn't about disrespecting queer people, but protecting "children's innocence."
In October, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office conceded in a 10-page letter that there was evidence of “actual innocence.”
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