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as in innocency
the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame
the accused embezzler eventually proved her innocence and was released
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as in naturalness
the quality or state of being simple and sincere
the innocence of the child's question touched everyone present
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as in ignorance
the state of being unaware or uninformed
in my innocence I just assumed that quoted rate was for a week's stay and not for a single night at the health spa
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as in purity
the quality or state of being morally pure
in Melville's novel, the sailor Billy Budd serves as a symbol of absolute innocence
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Recent Examples of innocence
Together, Garza and Meija's appellate attorneys convinced the trial court of her innocence.
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Tony Plohetski, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot on Wednesday asked commissioners to sign a resolution acknowledging Walker's innocence after finding he was coerced into a confession and convicted by an all-White jury.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Raven wakes up already inside the Mercy system with 90 minutes to prove his innocence or at least get his probability of guilt under 92% and avoid instant death.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
During opening statements, the defense maintained Chasing Horse’s innocence, saying the actor is being falsely accused.
—Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Tony Plohetski, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot on Wednesday asked commissioners to sign a resolution acknowledging Walker's innocence after finding he was coerced into a confession and convicted by an all-White jury.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Raven wakes up already inside the Mercy system with 90 minutes to prove his innocence or at least get his probability of guilt under 92% and avoid instant death.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
During opening statements, the defense maintained Chasing Horse’s innocence, saying the actor is being falsely accused.
—Muri Assuncao, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innocence
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The Windsor family often shares moments during this time of year that reflect their warmth and naturalness.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
25 Dec. 2025
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Frogposting, then, pits the intractably byzantine, soulless and cutthroat nature of the contemporary economy in a simple binary against what the posters envision as the green, healthy, naturalness of the Earth—framed as a joke, the base unit of online commentary.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
3 Dec. 2025
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Fifty years of neglect and ignorance has led us to this day when 4,500 homeless individuals are roaming our streets and subways.—
Lucius Riccio,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2026
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According to Tuff, what causes leaders to miss these paradigm shifts is not ignorance but hesitation.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Additionally, its purple (not blue) color, as well as its sheer mass at that level of purity means that in this stone’s formation, the conditions of the earth’s crust at that specific point under Sri Lanka were set up perfectly to generate not a tiny perfect thing, but a great big perfect thing.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Such channels could still have ads and provide a new revenue stream for Netflix, while a TCM channel could keep its sponsorships without ads to maintain the purity of the TCM brand.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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The third, set in prehistoric times, is dazzling in its simplicity and dramatic rigor, and could’ve easily done without the others.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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The low-to-the-ground shoe was overall a showcase of streamlined simplicity with its lack of embellishment and glove-like fit.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
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There’s a sincerity to Spider-Man 3, combined with Raimi’s still deft understanding of Peter and Mary Jane’s relationship, that this film’s devotees point to in an attempt to reclaim it.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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Doerr was known as intellectually boundless and possessed a kind of charisma that was rooted in sincerity.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Innocence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocence. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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