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innocence

[ in-uh-suhns ]

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. an innocent person or thing.


innocence

/ ˈɪəəԲ /

noun

  1. the quality or state of being innocent Archaic wordinnocencyˈɪəəԲɪ
“Collins 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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Other Word Forms

  • p·n·Գ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of innocence1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word innocentia. See innocent, -ence
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Word History and Origins

Origin of innocence1

C14: from Latin innocentia harmlessness, from ԲԴdzŧԲ doing no harm, blameless, from in- 1+ ԴdzŧԲ harming, from Դdzŧ to hurt, harm; see noxious
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Amanda Knox has accused the media of having built a false narrative around her, depicting her as guilty despite her proven innocence.

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They are now in a foreign prison with no rights to appeal or plead their innocence.

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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.

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The right's lawyer argued that censoring these books wasn't about disrespecting queer people, but protecting "children's innocence."

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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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