innocence

Meanings

• noun

  Freedom from guilt or moral wrong; purity.

  - "Despite the evidence, the jury found the defendant innocent."
  - "The innocence of a newborn baby is a beautiful thing."

• noun

  Lack of knowledge or experience of something.

  - "The child's innocence about the ways of the world was heartwarming."
  - "Despite his age, he maintained a certain level of innocence about technology."

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Antonyms

guilt , harmfulness

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Synonyms

harmlessness , naivety , unguilt

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with innocence
ence , once , apence , sense , pence , dence , fence , prance , romance , advance , chance

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Variants

List of all variants of innocence that leads to same result
innocence , innocences , in all innocence

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Etymology

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From Old French 'enocence', from 'en' 'not' + 'nocence' 'knowledge'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'innocent' is often used in legal contexts to describe someone who has not been found guilty of a crime.

2. In the Bible, Adam and Eve were said to be innocent before they ate the forbidden fruit.

3. The phrase 'innocent until proven guilty' is a fundamental principle of the criminal justice system in many countries.

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Related Concepts

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1. Innocent until proven guilty: A legal principle that assumes a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

2. Innocence foundation: A non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the rights and well-being of children.

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Culture

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Innocence is a common theme in literature, particularly in children's stories and fairy tales. It is often used as a symbol of purity and the absence of corruption. In art, innocence is often depicted through images of children, flowers, and animals.

How to Memorize "innocence"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a baby or a pure, untouched natural environment to represent innocence.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'innocence' with words like 'purity', 'harmlessness', and 'blamelessness'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Innocence is a beautiful, pure, and blameless state' to remember the meaning of the word.

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