Innocency

//ˈɪnəsənsi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of innocence:; Harmlessness. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]"

  2. 2
    an innocent quality or thing or act wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of innocence:; Lack of deceit or guile; simplicity. archaic, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Synonym of innocence:; The state of being free from guilt or moral wrong. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt."

  5. 5
    An innocent idea or thing; an innocence. archaic, countable

    "It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]"

Synonyms

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blamelessnessclean slatecleanlinesscleannessguiltlessnessinculpability

Example

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"My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt."

Etymology

From Middle English innocencie, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocence.

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