innocency

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innocency

/ˈɪnəsənsi/

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From Middle English innocencie, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocence.

noun innocencies

archaic, countable, uncountable Harmlessness. That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]
Similar: innocence, innocuity
archaic, countable, uncountable Lack of deceit or guile; simplicity.
archaic, countable, uncountable The state of being free from guilt or moral wrong. The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt.
Similar: unguilt, blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence, innocency, guiltlessness
archaic, countable An innocent idea or thing; an innocence. It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]

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@misc{innocency_2026,
  title = {innocency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/innocency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}