Innocence

//ˈɪnəsn̩s//

Synonyms for "innocence" (114 found)

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6 entries

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Related terms

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Translations

92 translations across 37 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • بَرَاءَة noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Armenian

1 entries
  • անմեղություն noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • невінава́тасць noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • няві́ннасць noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • невинност noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • невинност noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Catalan

1 entries
  • innocència noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Czech

1 entries
  • nevina noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Dutch

2 entries
  • onschuld noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • onschuld noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • senkulpeco noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Finnish

3 entries
  • syyttömyys noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • vaarattomuus noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • viattomuus noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

French

3 entries
  • candeur noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • innocence noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • innocence noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Galician

1 entries
  • inocencia noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

German

2 entries
  • Harmlosigkeit noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • Unschuld noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹 noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Greek

3 entries
  • αθωότητα noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • αθωότητα noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • αθωότητα noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निर्दोषता noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • naivság noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • ártalmatlanság noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • ártatlanság noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • ártatlanság noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • barnaskapur noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • grandaleysi noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • meinlaus noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • meinlaust noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Italian

1 entries
  • innocenza noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 潔白 noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • 無害 noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • 無罪 noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • 無邪気 noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Korean

4 entries
  • 결백 noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • 무독 noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • 무사기 noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • 무죄 noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Latin

2 entries
  • innocentia noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • pueritia noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Latvian

4 entries
  • nevainība noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • nevainība noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • nevainība noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • nevainīgums noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • നിരപരാധിത്വം noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • നിഷ്കളങ്കത noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • നിഷ്കളങ്കത noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • നിഷ്കളങ്കത noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Māori

1 entries
  • harakoretanga noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Old English

2 entries
  • unsċaþfulnes noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • unsċyld noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صوچسزلق noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • ضررسزلق noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Polish

3 entries
  • niewinność noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • niewinność noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • niewinność noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • inocência noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • inocência noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • inocência noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Romanian

1 entries
  • nevinovăție noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Russian

4 entries
  • неви́нность noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • неви́нность noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • неви́нность noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • невино́вность noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nȅdūžnōst noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • nȅvīnōst noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Slovene

3 entries
  • nedolžnost noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • nedolžnost noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • nedolžnost noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

Spanish

1 entries
  • inocencia noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Swedish

4 entries
  • harmlöshet noun (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)
  • oskuld noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • oskuld noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)
  • oskyldighet noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kawalang-muwang noun (lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime)

Turkish

2 entries
  • masumiyet noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • suçsuzluk noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • безви́нність noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • неви́нність noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)
  • невинува́тість noun (absence of responsibility for a crime)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Innocence is a beautiful thing.

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You must not take advantage of her innocence.

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Oddly enough, he insisted on his innocence.

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We have specific proof of your innocence.

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