Nocency

//ˈnəʊ.sən.si// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Guilt; transgression. obsolete, uncountable

    "Somhampton was beſt truſted in that, for he had been verſed in queſtions and anſwers, under the nocency of Eſſex Treaſon; […]"

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"Somhampton was beſt truſted in that, for he had been verſed in queſtions and anſwers, under the nocency of Eſſex Treaſon; […]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, guilty”). Doublet of nuisance.

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