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innocency

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in·no·cen·cy  (n-sn-s)
n. pl. in·no·cen·cies
1. Innocence.
2. An innocent quality or action.
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Noun1.innocency - an innocent quality or thing or act; "the innocencies of childhood"
artlessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naturalness - the quality of innocent naivete


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"Yes, ma'am, Anthony--Tony Sandford," was the reply--it was uttered in a vulgar nasal tone, that Julia instantly perceived was counterfeited: but Miss Emmerson, with perfect innocency, proceeded in her inquiries.
Whether the words of Madame were a pleasantry, or uttered in all innocency, they proved the pitiless immolation of everything that Louis had found charming or poetic in the young girl.
But the eye soon gets wonted to it, for the eye and it are effects of one cause; then its innocency and benefit appear, and presently, all its energy spent, it pales and dwindles before the revelation of the new hour.
 
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