innocence

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas
US /ˈɪnəsəns/ UK /ˈɪnəsəns/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    freedom from guilt, sin, or worldly knowledge

    The new evidence finally proved the prisoner's innocence.

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Synonyms
1 noun · freedom from guilt, sin, or... guiltlessnesspurityblamelessnessnaivetyvirtueartlessness
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Etymology

From Old French innocence, from Latin innocentia ('harmlessness, blamelessness'), from innocens ('harmless'), from in- ('not') + nocere ('to harm').

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