innocence
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innocence
- /ˈɪnəsn̩s/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocency. Displaced native Old English unsċyld.
noun innocences
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Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
Similar: unguilt · Opposite: guilt, blameworthiness, culpability, guiltiness, noninnocence, uninnocence
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Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.
Similar: naivety, unworldliness, purity
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Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.
Similar: harmlessness, innocuity · Opposite: harmfulness, nocence
- Imbecility; mental deficiency.
Similar: blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, innocency, guiltlessness, unguilt · Opposite: guilt
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sinlessness, purity, artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness, innocent, naivety, acquittal, acquitted, patent, patentee, severus, cleared, guiltlessness, chastity, blamelessness
noun
Similar: blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, innocency, guiltlessness, unguilt · Opposite: guilt
Translations
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noun absence of responsibility for a crime
| Español | inocencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 결백 gyeolbaek, 무죄 mujoe |
| 日本語 | 潔白 keppaku, 無罪 muzai |
| हिन्दी | निर्दोषता nirdoṣtā |
| Português | inocência |
| Français | innocence |
| Deutsch | Unschuld |
| Italiano | innocenza |
| Ελληνικά | αθωότητα athoótita |
| Română | nevinovăție |
| Русский | неви́нность nevínnostʹ, невино́вность nevinóvnostʹ |
| العربية | بَرَاءَة barāʔa |
noun lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
| 한국어 | 무사기 musagi |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 無邪気 mujaki |
| Português | inocência |
| Français | innocence, candeur |
| Ελληνικά | αθωότητα athoótita |
| Русский | неви́нность nevínnostʹ |
noun lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
| 한국어 | 무해 muhae, 무독 mudok |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 無害 mugai |
| Português | inocência |
| Deutsch | Harmlosigkeit |
| Ελληνικά | αθωότητα athoótita |
| Русский | неви́нность nevínnostʹ |
Talk about this word "innocence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/innocence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. innocence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/innocence "innocence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/innocence.Cite this
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title = {innocence},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/innocence},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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