innocency
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈɪnəsənsi/
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ˈɪnəsənsi
Noun
Synonym of innocence: Harmlessness.
Usage- Archaic
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That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]
Synonym of innocence: Lack of deceit or guile; simplicity.
Usage- Archaic
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Synonym of innocence: The state of being free from guilt or moral wrong.
Usage- Archaic
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The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt.
And let the wilful or ignorant mistakers know, that they wound innocency.
An innocent idea or thing; an innocence.
Usage- Archaic
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It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]
Noun
an innocent quality or thing or act
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the innocencies of childhood
Word forms
innocencies