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noun

Innocence n.

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness. "The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails." "Banished from man's life his happiest life, Simplicity and spotless innocence!"

The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense; as, the innocence of the prisoner was clearly shown.

Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.

Synonyms: Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness.

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Etymology of 'Innocence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Innocence" Quotes from Famous Books

... wonder that the kind words and sympathetic voice which had been the first that had sounded musically to her ear should awaken in the breast of Nydia a deeper love than that which springs from gratitude alone! What wonder that in her innocence and blindness she knew no reason why the most brilliant and the most graceful of the young nobles of Pompeii should entertain none other than feelings of friendship for her! When the Athenian drew her unconsciously to his breast, deeming her still a child—when he kissed her ...

— Standard Selections • Various

... conceiving how he had offended the Prince. Yet recollecting himself, with a mixture of grace and humility, he disengaged himself from Manfred's grip, and then with an obeisance, which discovered more jealousy of innocence than dismay, he asked, with respect, of what he was guilty? Manfred, more enraged at the vigour, however decently exerted, with which the young man had shaken off his hold, than appeased by his submission, ordered his attendants to seize him, and, if he had not been withheld by his ...

— The Castle of Otranto • Horace Walpole

... at the stranger's dissipated eyes, and despite the apparent innocence which the hallowing presence of a guileless ice-cream will temporarily shed over Lothario himself, sees the general demoralisation ...

— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham

... of antiquyte, In Grece and Troye, renoumyd of prudence, Wroot of queen Helene, and Penelope, Off Polyceene with hir chaast innocence: For wyves trewe calle Lucrece to presence, That they wer fayr, ther can no man sey nay; Kynde wrouht hem with so gret dilligence, Ther bewte couthe, hornys ...

— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous

... is possible only to one who has first "got acquainted with his soul"; when we are really soul-conscious we possess the innocence (not ignorance), of a little child, and we also possess a child's wisdom. We are, in other words, "as wise as the serpent and as harmless as the dove." Wisdom brings with it harmlessness. The truly wise person would not wilfully harm any living thing; wisdom knows no revenge; no "eye for an ...

— Cosmic Consciousness • Ali Nomad

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