Innocences


[in-uh-suh ns] /ˈɪn ə səns/

noun
1.
the quality or state of being ; 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.
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7.
an person or thing.
8.
(def 1).
9.
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/ˈɪnəsəns/
noun
1.
the quality or state of being innocent Archaic word innocency (ˈɪnəsənsɪ)
n.

mid-14c., “freedom from guilt,” from Old French inocence “innocence, purity, chastity” (12c.), from Latin innocentia, from innocens “harmless, blameless” (see innocent). Meaning “lacking in guile or artifice” is from late 14c.

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