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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness, purity, sinlessness
Antonyms: guilt, guiltiness
See Also: blamelessness, cleanness, clear, condition, guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, status
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