What does innocence mean?
Innocence means Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc..
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/ˈɪnəsn̩s/ · noun
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc..
Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.
Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.
Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.
His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
Use innocence when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Innocence means Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc..
Common synonyms include blamelessness, cleanness, inculpability, innocence.
Possible antonyms include guilt, blameworthiness, culpability, guiltiness.
Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.
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