Innocency
/ˈɪnəsənsi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 an innocent quality or thing or act wordnet
- 3 Synonym of innocence:; Lack of deceit or guile; simplicity. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 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 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, […]"
Example
More examples"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.