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nocence

/ˈnəʊ.səns/ UK
/ˈnoʊ.səns/ US

Rhymes with -əʊsəns

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Learned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, guilty”). Doublet of nuisance.

noun

obsolete, rare, uncountable Guilt; transgression. The iniquities of theſe dayes are not aſhamed to ſhew their faces; but vvalke the ſtreets without feare of a Serieant, The ſinnes of the Citie are as pert and apert as the ſonnes of the Citie. I would Iniquitie was not bolder then Honeſtie; or that Innocence might ſpeed no worſe then Nocence.

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@misc{nocence_2026,
  title = {nocence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nocence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}