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innocence

[ in-uh-suhns ]

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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.
chastity.
an innocent person or thing.
bluet ( def 1 ).
blue-eyed Mary.

innocence

/ ˈɪ��ə��ə�Բ� /

noun

the quality or state of being innocent Archaic wordinnocencyˈɪ��ə��ə�Բ�ɪ

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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 ��ԲԴǳ�ŧ�Բ� doing no harm, blameless, from in- ¹+ �Դǳ�ŧ�Բ� harming, from �Դǳ�ŧ�� to hurt, harm; see noxious

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The 50-year-old has always maintained her innocence and has pleaded not guilty, with her trial to begin in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday.

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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 no case innocency

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