as in innocence
the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame
let me be the first to declare my own innocency in the matter: I neither spread nor believed the malicious gossip
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Noun
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Watching your character confront Giuliano and attempt to profess her innocence once again was intense.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Comey declared his innocence in a social media post and welcomed a trial.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their system, Aepnus Technology’s waste-to-reagent electrolyzer, has now logged thousands of hours converting sodium sulfate into high-purity caustic soda and sulfuric acid.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Left-wing antisemitism, which cast Jews as greedy capitalists, existed as well, especially in France, but Jew-baiting remained primarily a right-wing pursuit, the work of illiberal nativists who saw a tiny minority as polluting the purity of their racial or religious communities.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Innocency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocency. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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