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Definition of innocence in English: innocencenoun ˈɪnəsənsˈɪnəsəns mass noun1The state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offence. they must prove their innocence Example sentencesExamples - No reinterpretation of the evidence and no protestations of innocence can alter those facts.
- You can take each one separately and criticize it and say it is as consistent with innocence as with guilt.
- If we wish to retain the position that the accused is innocent until proven guilty, we must allow their innocence to be preserved by anonymity.
- He says despite the hundreds of exonerations in the US, proving innocence still takes years.
- She can deny that human rights, presumption of innocence and just plain common decency are being sullied.
- In flagrant violation of all existing legal principles, the detainee must then prove his innocence.
- Why am I running away instead of proving my innocence when I didn't commit the crime?
- In addition, you have remained an advocate for his innocence after the crime.
- At the hearing, the hospital denied the accusation but has not provided any evidence to prove its innocence.
- The court heard that he still maintained his innocence over the offences which were years old.
- Despite protesting his innocence, he is convicted and imprisoned.
- It is always open to the judge or the jury, if there is a jury, to accept an interpretation of the facts consistent with innocence.
- The heady success of our global communication and computer advances does not conceal our lack of innocence.
- Her princely lover accused the knight and challenged him to a combat of arms to prove his innocence or guilt.
- After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven.
- Indeed, they have implied that the girl was actually at fault because she had not done enough to prove her innocence.
- The steadfast and stubborn denial of guilt leads to the complete inability to recognise actual innocence.
- For instance, that the state must prove guilt as opposed to the accused proving innocence.
- He has consistently protested his innocence and declared he has ‘a full answer’ to them.
- The court is only authorized to review cases if it is presented with new facts or proof of innocence.
Synonyms guiltlessness, blamelessness, freedom from guilt, freedom from blame, irreproachability, clean hands - 1.1 Lack of guile or corruption; purity.
the healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence Example sentencesExamples - I always tell her she has the quality that all of us need to project more, which is purity and innocence.
- This would be the thorough destruction of my innocence, the purity humanity sought in me.
- Their songs have a certain elegant charm and a quality of innocence that's genuinely disarming.
- This innocence clashing with the ugliness of life, was this good news for art?
- But Browne presents him as an amalgam of innocence and worldliness, good nature and guile.
- Now it is rare to see his name in print unless it is being invoked as shorthand for corrupted innocence or curdled dreams.
- These stories are typical of Walsh's interest in the survival of innocence in a corrupt world.
- Much of his work deals with the theme of innocence corrupted by capitalism.
- The bagman becomes the last vestige of her innocence; thoroughly corrupted by her jealous rage.
- Pasting a smile on her face, she came back up and stood straight, tilting her head in mock innocence.
- You have an endearing quality of youth and innocence that attracts people around you today.
- Eager to learn from the great man, she hangs on his every word, reminding him of his own faraway innocence and purity of motive.
- Her beautiful curls were let loose in a wild array of curls to heighten her aura of innocence.
- Many of his operas deal with the loss of innocence in the young and their corruption by adults.
- Her image of purity, innocence and kindness fits the traditional Chinese female role.
- Thus the imagery of Aquarius dwells upon the cleansing power of water to offer the representation of youth, innocence and purity.
- I strive to keep his purity and innocence, so he doesn't have to suffer like I do.
- For all his sophistication, he retains an extremely likeable quality of innocence.
- The play culminates with an ironic and chilling suggestion of religion corrupting innocence.
- Yet it could just as easily have been inspired by any number of movies given its theme of the corruption of innocence.
Synonyms harmlessness, innocuousness, lack of malice, inoffensiveness - 1.2euphemistic A person's virginity.
all the boys lost their innocence with her Example sentencesExamples - She ran her hand through the water in mourning for her lost innocence, and her inability to fight him.
Synonyms virginity, chastity, chasteness, purity, lack of sin, sinlessness, impeccability, spotlessness virtue, virtuousness, integrity, honour, righteousness, morality, decency, wholesomeness Christianity immaculateness
Phrases Without knowledge of something's significance or possible consequences. she knew the gift had been chosen in all innocence Example sentencesExamples - I set off for the pretty East Yorkshire village in all innocence after learning of concerns about the growing duck population.
- I guess looking anywhere intently in all innocence these days can be considered a security risk if there's someone important in that direction.
- The people at the takeaway have done this in all innocence, but if the duplicity is taking place, if people are manufacturing things like this that contain nuts they are blatantly lying.
- ‘I was just wondering,’ he said in all innocence.
- I just hadn't thought about the route it would take to Northampton or the slow speed at which it would travel and felt terrible to be stuck in a situation that felt like ‘rubber necking’ despite it being in all innocence.
- They had to disqualify the Romanian gold-medal winner for, in all innocence, using the wrong cold medicine!
- I did, though get a reaction when I asked, in all innocence, if she would take dictation.
- I asked him a question in all innocence - genuinely wanting to know the answer - and he thought, for some reason, I was trying to stir up trouble.
- The family bought their home in all innocence back in 1995.
- So, in all innocence, I told them when the services were going to be: Carol Service, Midnight Mass.
Synonyms naivety, naiveness, ingenuousness, credulity, credulousness, trustfulness, inexperience, gullibility, simpleness, simplicity, unworldliness, lack of experience, lack of sophistication, guilelessness, greenness, childlikeness
Derivatives noun ˈɪnəsənsiˈɪnəsənsi mass nounarchaic he was speaking to the people, protesting his innocency another term for innocence Example sentencesExamples - In holding up a child as the model for the inheritor of the kingdom, Jesus does not appear to be idealizing the child for its innocency.
- For man by the Fall fell at the same time from his state of innocency and from his dominion over Creation.
- They protested their innocency as in the presence of the great God, whom forthwith they were to appear before: they wished, and declared their wish, that their blood might be the last innocent blood shed upon that account.
Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- 'not harming' (based on nocere 'injure'). Definition of innocence in US English: innocencenounˈɪnəsənsˈinəsəns 1The state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offense. they must prove their innocence Example sentencesExamples - She can deny that human rights, presumption of innocence and just plain common decency are being sullied.
- The steadfast and stubborn denial of guilt leads to the complete inability to recognise actual innocence.
- He says despite the hundreds of exonerations in the US, proving innocence still takes years.
- No reinterpretation of the evidence and no protestations of innocence can alter those facts.
- For instance, that the state must prove guilt as opposed to the accused proving innocence.
- You can take each one separately and criticize it and say it is as consistent with innocence as with guilt.
- Her princely lover accused the knight and challenged him to a combat of arms to prove his innocence or guilt.
- Indeed, they have implied that the girl was actually at fault because she had not done enough to prove her innocence.
- The heady success of our global communication and computer advances does not conceal our lack of innocence.
- In flagrant violation of all existing legal principles, the detainee must then prove his innocence.
- The court is only authorized to review cases if it is presented with new facts or proof of innocence.
- At the hearing, the hospital denied the accusation but has not provided any evidence to prove its innocence.
- After all, it refers to a standard of proof that assumes innocence until guilt is proven.
- If we wish to retain the position that the accused is innocent until proven guilty, we must allow their innocence to be preserved by anonymity.
- It is always open to the judge or the jury, if there is a jury, to accept an interpretation of the facts consistent with innocence.
- The court heard that he still maintained his innocence over the offences which were years old.
- Why am I running away instead of proving my innocence when I didn't commit the crime?
- He has consistently protested his innocence and declared he has ‘a full answer’ to them.
- Despite protesting his innocence, he is convicted and imprisoned.
- In addition, you have remained an advocate for his innocence after the crime.
Synonyms guiltlessness, blamelessness, freedom from guilt, freedom from blame, irreproachability, clean hands - 1.1 Lack of guile or corruption; purity.
the healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence Example sentencesExamples - The bagman becomes the last vestige of her innocence; thoroughly corrupted by her jealous rage.
- I strive to keep his purity and innocence, so he doesn't have to suffer like I do.
- Many of his operas deal with the loss of innocence in the young and their corruption by adults.
- This would be the thorough destruction of my innocence, the purity humanity sought in me.
- Thus the imagery of Aquarius dwells upon the cleansing power of water to offer the representation of youth, innocence and purity.
- Much of his work deals with the theme of innocence corrupted by capitalism.
- Now it is rare to see his name in print unless it is being invoked as shorthand for corrupted innocence or curdled dreams.
- Yet it could just as easily have been inspired by any number of movies given its theme of the corruption of innocence.
- Her image of purity, innocence and kindness fits the traditional Chinese female role.
- This innocence clashing with the ugliness of life, was this good news for art?
- These stories are typical of Walsh's interest in the survival of innocence in a corrupt world.
- I always tell her she has the quality that all of us need to project more, which is purity and innocence.
- Her beautiful curls were let loose in a wild array of curls to heighten her aura of innocence.
- Eager to learn from the great man, she hangs on his every word, reminding him of his own faraway innocence and purity of motive.
- Pasting a smile on her face, she came back up and stood straight, tilting her head in mock innocence.
- Their songs have a certain elegant charm and a quality of innocence that's genuinely disarming.
- You have an endearing quality of youth and innocence that attracts people around you today.
- For all his sophistication, he retains an extremely likeable quality of innocence.
- The play culminates with an ironic and chilling suggestion of religion corrupting innocence.
- But Browne presents him as an amalgam of innocence and worldliness, good nature and guile.
Synonyms harmlessness, innocuousness, lack of malice, inoffensiveness - 1.2euphemistic Used euphemistically to refer to a person's virginity.
they'd avenge assaults on her innocence by others Example sentencesExamples - She ran her hand through the water in mourning for her lost innocence, and her inability to fight him.
Synonyms virginity, chastity, chasteness, purity, lack of sin, sinlessness, impeccability, spotlessness
Phrases Without knowledge of something's significance or possible consequences. she knew the gift had been chosen in all innocence Example sentencesExamples - They had to disqualify the Romanian gold-medal winner for, in all innocence, using the wrong cold medicine!
- The people at the takeaway have done this in all innocence, but if the duplicity is taking place, if people are manufacturing things like this that contain nuts they are blatantly lying.
- I did, though get a reaction when I asked, in all innocence, if she would take dictation.
- I just hadn't thought about the route it would take to Northampton or the slow speed at which it would travel and felt terrible to be stuck in a situation that felt like ‘rubber necking’ despite it being in all innocence.
- I asked him a question in all innocence - genuinely wanting to know the answer - and he thought, for some reason, I was trying to stir up trouble.
- I set off for the pretty East Yorkshire village in all innocence after learning of concerns about the growing duck population.
- I guess looking anywhere intently in all innocence these days can be considered a security risk if there's someone important in that direction.
- ‘I was just wondering,’ he said in all innocence.
- The family bought their home in all innocence back in 1995.
- So, in all innocence, I told them when the services were going to be: Carol Service, Midnight Mass.
Synonyms naivety, naiveness, ingenuousness, credulity, credulousness, trustfulness, inexperience, gullibility, simpleness, simplicity, unworldliness, lack of experience, lack of sophistication, guilelessness, greenness, childlikeness
Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming’ (based on nocere ‘injure’). |