innocence
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
innocence (uncountable)
- Absence of responsibility for a crime.
- Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
- 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.
- Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
- Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.
[edit] Antonyms
- (absence of responsibility for a crime): guilt
- (ability to harm): harmfulness
[edit] Synonyms
- (sensitive subjects): naivety
- (ability to harm): harmlessness
- (freedom from guilt): unguilt, unguiltness
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[edit] Translations
absence of responsibility for a crime
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lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
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lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
innocence f. (plural innocences)
