Definitions
the quality of innocent naivete
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocency. Displaced native Old English unsċyld.
Used in a sentence
“Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.”
“In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.”
“Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Freedom from guilt”9 letters
02“Lack of guilt”9 letters
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