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UK
/ˈɪnəsəns/
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[ US /ˈɪnəsəns/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnəsəns/ ]
NOUN
- the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
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a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense
the trial established his innocence - the quality of innocent naivete
How To Use innocence In A Sentence
- I felt, in reading your unreproaching letter to her, as self-reproachful as anybody could with a great deal of innocence (in the way of the world) to fall back upon. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
- If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
- A 35-year-old Briton languishing in a Bangkok jail under sentence of death for a crime he says he did not commit is planning to protest his innocence by refusing to plead for a royal pardon.
- So weeding out potential jurors with unchangeable views on guilt or innocence has the elaborateness of celebrity trials like that of O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted at the same courthouse in 1995. Jackson jury Q&A tests media's grip
- He took with him messages of support from Andy's family and friends, who remain convinced of his innocence.
- Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
- When they are captured, they will often loudly proclaim their innocence.
- I loved the very air of innocence and naivety that this place held.
- He asserted his innocence and his financial probity.
- In spite of her off-screen antics, she remains the darling of Disney remakes, with her on-screen innocence and charm.