Synonyms for innocence


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-uh-suh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn ə səns

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Définition of innocence

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "freedom from guilt," from Old French inocence "innocence, purity, chastity" (12c.), from Latin innocentia, from innocens "harmless, blameless" (see innocent). Meaning "lacking in guile or artifice" is from late 14c.
  • noun blamelessness
  • noun harmlessness, naiveté
Example sentences :
  • Is there any other wisdom, than true simplicity and innocence?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I think this blessing comes from the Divine, by reason of the innocence of his life.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Listen to the voice that tries to win you back to innocence and truth!
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He wished to be dressed completely in white, as a symbol of his innocence.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • It is natural to goodness and innocence, but not the less is the error a disastrous one.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If they made less of crime in another, they also made less of innocence from it in themselves!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Yet, despite her innocence, the world would not let her live according to her own conscience.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • She had been convicted of blackmail, and she made no pretense even of innocence.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Such as she had been in her days of innocence, so did she appear this evening.
  • Extract from : « John Inglefield's Thanksgiving » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He trembled before this innocence, so ardent and so ingenuous.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Antonyms for innocence

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