innocence

noun

/ˈɪnəsns/

[uncountable]Idioms

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the fact of not being guilty of a crime, etc.
- She protested her innocence (= said repeatedly that she was innocent).
- This new evidence will prove their innocence.
opposite guilt
Extra Examples
- Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case.
- He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.
- I asked her the question in all innocence. I didn't know it was going to upset her.
- She claimed total innocence of all charges.
- She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured innocence.
- She was convinced of her son's innocence.
- The prisoners passionately proclaimed their innocence in front of the jury.
- The solicitors were convinced of his innocence and urged him to appeal the conviction.
Topics Law and justicec1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- total
verb + innocence
- declare
- proclaim
- profess
- …
phrases
- in all innocence
- the presumption of innocence
See full entry
lack of knowledge and experience of the world, especially of evil or unpleasant things
- Children lose their innocence as they grow older.
- In her innocence, she agreed to go back with him to his house.
Extra Examples
- There were claims that the whole nation had somehow lost its innocence.
- There was a touching innocence about the child's request.
- The story is about a child's loss of innocence.
- In her innocence, she had stopped to help a girl who seemed to be injured.
- I felt I had returned to a state of almost child-like innocence.
- There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.
- There is an innocence about the story.
- She had taken advantage of his innocence.
- In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss vacuum cleaners.
- In her innocence, she had allowed the man into her house.
- He had lost the innocence of childhood.
- He grinned with apparent innocence.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- childish
- childlike
- wide-eyed
- …
verb + innocence
- lose
- retain
- take advantage of
- …
preposition
- in your innocence
- with… innocence
- innocence about
- …
phrases
- an air of innocence
- a look of innocence
- the picture of innocence
- …
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming’ (based on nocere ‘injure’).

Idioms

in all innocence

without knowing that something is likely to offend or upset somebody
- I asked if she was married in all innocence.

单词	innocence
释义	innocence noun /ˈɪnəsns/ /ˈɪnəsns/ [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results the fact of not being guilty of a crime, etc. She protested her innocence (= said repeatedly that she was innocent). This new evidence will prove their innocence. opposite guilt Extra Examples Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case. He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial. I asked her the question in all innocence. I didn't know it was going to upset her. She claimed total innocence of all charges. She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured innocence. She was convinced of her son's innocence. The prisoners passionately proclaimed their innocence in front of the jury. The solicitors were convinced of his innocence and urged him to appeal the conviction. Topics Law and justicec1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective total verb + innocence declare proclaim profess … phrases in all innocence the presumption of innocence See full entry lack of knowledge and experience of the world, especially of evil or unpleasant things Children lose their innocence as they grow older. In her innocence, she agreed to go back with him to his house. Extra Examples There were claims that the whole nation had somehow lost its innocence. There was a touching innocence about the child's request. The story is about a child's loss of innocence. In her innocence, she had stopped to help a girl who seemed to be injured. I felt I had returned to a state of almost child-like innocence. There was a touching air of innocence about the boy. There is an innocence about the story. She had taken advantage of his innocence. In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss vacuum cleaners. In her innocence, she had allowed the man into her house. He had lost the innocence of childhood. He grinned with apparent innocence. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective childish childlike wide-eyed … verb + innocence lose retain take advantage of … preposition in your innocence with… innocence innocence about … phrases an air of innocence a look of innocence the picture of innocence … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming’ (based on nocere ‘injure’). Idioms in all innocence without knowing that something is likely to offend or upset somebody I asked if she was married in all innocence.
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