innocence

in·no·cence

 (ĭn′ə-səns)

n.

1. The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, especially:

a. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.

b. Guiltlessness of a specific legal crime or offense.

c. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.

d. Lack of worldliness or sophistication; naiveté.

2. One that is innocent.

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innocence

(ˈɪnəsəns)

n

the quality or state of being innocent. Archaic word: innocency

[C14: from Latin innocentia harmlessness, from innocēns doing no harm, blameless, from in-¹ + nocēns harming, from nocēre to hurt, harm; see noxious]

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in•no•cence

(ˈɪn ə səns)

n.

1. the quality or state of being innocent; freedom from sin or moral wrong.

2. freedom from legal or specific wrong.

3. simplicity; absence of guile or cunning; naiveté.

4. lack of knowledge or understanding.

5. harmlessness.

6. chastity.

7. an innocent person or thing.

8. bluet (def. 1).

[1300–50; Middle English < Latin]

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Innocence

 

See Also: HARMLESSNESS

1. Green as apples —Sumner Locke Elliott
2. Guileless as old Huck —Richard Ford
3. Guiltless forever, like a tree —Robert Browning
4. Innocence is like an umbrella: when once we’ve lost it we must never hope to see it back again —Punch
5. (Catherine’s) innocence shone like an icon —Rita Mae Brown
6. Innocent and affectionate as a child —W. H. Hudson
7. Innocent and artless, like the growth of a flower —Isak Dinesen
8. Innocent as a baby —Anon
9. Innocent as a child unborn —Anon

   Jonathan Swift who used the phrase in Directions to Servants is often credited as its author.

10. (I was a neophyte about as) innocent as a choirboy being asked to conduct a solemn mass at the Vatican —Alistair Cooke, New York Times interview, January 19, 1986
11. Innocent as a curl —Clarence Major
12. Innocent as a devil of two years old —Jonathan Swift
13. Innocent as a game —Frank Tuohy
14. Innocent as a new-laid egg —W. S. Gilbert
15. Innocent as a snowflake —Anne Sexton
16. (Gaze as) innocent as a teddy bear —Babs H. Deal
17. Innocent as a tourist’s Kodak —William Mcllvanney
18. Innocent, like a hornet that has been disarmed —Jean Stafford
19. (Sat there as) innocently as small boys confiding to each other the names of toy animals —Henry James
20. Innocuous as flowers afloat in a pond —John Updike
21. Perennial innocence like a chicken in a pen —William Faulkner
22. She was like a young tree whose branches had never been touched by the ruthless hand of man —Katherine Mansfield

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	innocence - the quality of innocent naivete   artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness naiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness innocency - an innocent quality or thing or act; "the innocencies of childhood"
	2.	innocence - the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil sinlessness, whiteness, pureness, purity condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" cleanness - without moral defects
	3.	innocence - a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations" blamelessness, guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness - a state of innocence clear - the state of being free of suspicion; "investigation showed that he was in the clear" guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense

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innocence

noun

1. naiveté, simplicity, inexperience, freshness, credulity, gullibility, ingenuousness, artlessness, unworldliness, guilelessness, credulousness, simpleness, trustfulness, unsophistication, naiveness the sweet innocence of youth
naiveté cunning, guile, worldliness, artfulness, disingenuousness, wiliness

2. blamelessness, righteousness, clean hands, uprightness, sinlessness, irreproachability, guiltlessness He claims to have evidence which could prove his innocence.
blamelessness guilt, sinfulness, corruption, impurity, offensiveness, wrongness

3. chastity, virtue, purity, modesty, virginity, celibacy, continence, maidenhood, stainlessness She can still evoke the innocence of 14-year-old Juliet.

4. ignorance, oblivion, lack of knowledge, inexperience, unfamiliarity, greenness, unawareness, nescience (literary) 'Maybe innocence is bliss,' he suggested.

Quotations
"He's armed without that's innocent within" [Alexander Pope Epilogue to the Satires]
"Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others" [La Rochefoucauld Maxims]
"Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing" [Jean Jacques Rousseau Émile]
"It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't" [Mignon McLaughlin The Neurotic's Notebook]

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innocence

noun

1. The condition of being chaste:

chastity, decency, modesty, purity, virginity, virtue, virtuousness.

2. The condition of being uninformed or unaware:

ignorance, nescience, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity.

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Translations

براءَه

nevinanevinnost

uskyld

Unschuld

αθωότητα

inocencia

syyttömyysvaarattomuusviattomuus

innocence

nedužnostnevinost

ártalmatlanságártatlanságnaivság

sakleysi

innocenza

onschuld

nevina

nedolžnost

oskuld

masumiyetsaflık

天真无辜清白

innocence

[ˈɪnəsns] N → inocencia f
in all innocence → con toda inocencia, de la forma más inocente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

innocence

[ˈɪnəsəns] n

(LAW) → innocence f
to protest one's innocence → protester de son innocence

(= naivety) [person, child] → innocence f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

innocence

n

→ Unschuld f; to feign innocence → vorgeben, unschuldig zu sein, unschuldig tun; in all innocence → in aller Unschuld

(liter, = ignorance) → Unkenntnis f

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innocence

[ˈɪnəsns] n → innocenza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

innocent

(ˈinəsnt) adjective

1. not guilty (of a crime, misdeed etc). A man should be presumed innocent of a crime until he is proved guilty; They hanged an innocent man. onskuldig بَريء невинен inocente nevinný unschuldig uskyldig αθώοςinocente süütu بی گناه syytön innocentחף מפשע निर्दोष nevin ártatlan tidak bersalah saklaus innocente 無罪の 결백한 nekaltas nevainīgs tidak bersalah onschuldiguskyldigniewinny پاك معصوم.سپيڅلى ، بى ګناه، inocente inocent невиновный nevinný nedolžen nedužan oskyldig ซึ่งไม่มีความผิด (กฎหมาย) suçsuz, masum 清白的 невинний معصوم vô tội 清白的

2. (of an action etc) harmless or without harmful or hidden intentions. innocent games and amusements; an innocent remark. onskuldig غَيْر مُؤْذٍ безвреден inocente nevinný harmlos harmløs αθώος, άκακοςinocente kahjutu بی ضرر harmiton innocent לא מַזִיק अहानिकार bezazlen ártalmatlan tak berbahaya meinlaus innocente 害のない 악의 없는 nekaltas nevainīgs; nekaitīgs tidak berbahaya onschuldigharmløs, uskyldigniewinny بى ګناه inocente nevinovat безобидный nevinný nedolžen bezazlen oskyldig ไม่มีพิษมีภัย zararsız 無害的，沒有惡意的 нешкідливий بے خطا vô hại 无害的，没有恶意的

3. free from, or knowing nothing about, evil etc. an innocent child; You can't be so innocent as to believe what advertisements say! naïef بَريء наивен inocente nevinný, naivní einfältig uskyldig; naiv αφελής, αθώοςinocente, ingenuo lihtsameelne ساده دل viaton innocentתמים अबोध, सीधा prostodušan naiv tak berdosa grandalaus; barnalegur innocente 無邪気な 순진한, 천진난만한 naivus nevainīgs; šķīsts; vientiesīgs tidak berdosa onnozeluskyldig, troskyldigniewinny پاك معصوم inocente inocent невинный; наивный nevinný, naivný, nepoškvrnený naiven nevin oskyldig, lättrogen ซึ่งไร้เดียงสา masum, saf, günahsız 天真的 наївний معصوم ngây thơ 天真的

ˈinnocently adverb

onskuldig بِبَراءَه наивно inocentemente nevinně unschuldig uskyldigt; naivt αθώαinocentemente süütult معصومانه viattomasti innocemment בִּתמִימוּת अहानिकर, अबोधक nevino ártatlanul secara polos sakleysislega innocentemente 無邪気に 천진난만하게 nekaltai nevainīgi; šķīsti; vientiesīgi dengan tidak bersalah onschuldiguskyldig, harmløst niewinnie پاكوالى ، سپسڅلتوب inocentemente inocent; cu candoare невинно; наивно nevinne nedolžno nevino oskyldigt อย่างรู้เท่าไม่ถึงการณ์ masumca, safça 清白地, 沒有惡意地，天真地 невинно معصومیت سے một cách vô hại 清白地，无罪地，天真地

ˈinnocence noun

He at last managed to prove his innocence; the innocence of a child. onskuld براءَه невинност inocência nevinnost die Unschuld uskyld αθωότηταinocencia süütus, lihtsameelsus بی گناهی؛ معصومیت viattomuus innocence אָדָם תָּמִים निर्दोषता nevinost ártatlanság kepolosan sakleysi innocenza 無罪 무죄, 결백 nekaltumas, naivumas nevainība; šķīstība; vientiesība; nevainīgums tidak bersalah onschulduskyld, harmløshetniewinność .بى ګناهى، معصوميت inocência ino­cenţă невиновность; невинность nevina, nevinnosť nedolžnost nevinost oskuld, oskyldighet ความไร้เดียงสา masumiyet, saflık 清白，無惡意，天真 невинність, чистота معصومیت sự vô tội 清白，无辜，天真

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