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单词 guiltlessness
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guiltlessnessn.

/ˈɡɪltlɪsnɪs/
Etymology: < guiltless adj. + -ness suffix.
The condition, quality, or state of being guiltless; innocence.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [noun] > freedom from guilt
unguiltiheada1470
unguiltiness1535
innocency1542
innocence1559
guiltlessness1571
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (iv. 2) If at any tyme our giltlessenesse appeere not before the world.
1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 23 When Justice is taken for Guiltlesnesse, the Actions are just, and yet not alwayes the Man.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 29 Nov. 1/2 If the Declaration of a Grand-Jury..cannot convince the world of the guiltlesness of any man, what can?
1813 S. Romilly Speech Parl. 5 Mar. The guiltlessness of the Princess of Wales was established.
1869 C. M. Yonge Cameos xcii, in Monthly Packet Jan. 27 These preposterous charges almost shew the real guiltlessness of the veteran on whom national hatred had fixed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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