English noun: innocence |
1. | innocence (attribute) the quality of innocent naivete |
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| Synonyms | artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | naiveness, naivete, naivety |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | innocency |
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2. | innocence (state) the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil |
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| Synonyms | pureness, purity, sinlessness, whiteness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cleanness |
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3. | innocence (state) a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense |
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| Samples | The trial established his innocence.
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| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blamelessness, clear, guiltlessness, inculpability, inculpableness |
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| Antonyms | guilt, guiltiness |
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