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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
Billups has maintained his innocence.
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Not over it, life-long impact, forever changed me, stole my innocence, took away my childhood.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Bond conditions and judicial discretion Former Jackson County Judge John Torrence, who is now in private practice, said judges weighing bond decisions generally consider whether someone poses a danger to the community or is a flight risk while balancing the presumption of innocence.
—Ben Wheeler
updated May 27, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Why was my childhood innocence destroyed in such a violent and swift manner?
—Zoe Weissman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
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Tom Winter, NBC news, 28 May 2026
Not over it, life-long impact, forever changed me, stole my innocence, took away my childhood.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Bond conditions and judicial discretion Former Jackson County Judge John Torrence, who is now in private practice, said judges weighing bond decisions generally consider whether someone poses a danger to the community or is a flight risk while balancing the presumption of innocence.
—Ben Wheeler
updated May 27, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
Why was my childhood innocence destroyed in such a violent and swift manner?
—Zoe Weissman, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innocence
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As a national icon, the Natural Bridge served as a quiet, Emersonian rebuke to Europe’s militaristic triumphal arches, reinforcing the naturalness of American democracy.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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That ease and naturalness are paramount to Copeland.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
9 Apr. 2026
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From this follow both the political dimension and a certain form of ignorance as to the source of so much unhappiness—and not only on the family front.—
Nina Mesfin,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Imperfect measurement is not an argument for embracing ignorance.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Reformation conducted a direct aesthetic and technical comparison between Project Latvus fabric and that made with wood pulp, concluding the wheat straw fabric was comparable in purity and presented no major quality concerns.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The project posed several issues for an artist who had always emphasized clarity and simplicity in his solitary picture-taking.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Baoase is also transporting, as any memorable hotel should be, with a strong Asian-esque design that includes ubiquitous Balinese Hindu statues, idols, and sculptures, and a reliance on simplicity over dazzle.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The piece has to throb and, well, that is not the first verb that comes to mind in director Jonathan Butterell’s production, with all due respect for the sincerity of the effort and the intermittent effectiveness of the storytelling.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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But in those cases and others, the defendants took concrete steps that demonstrated their sincerity and conscious awareness of the threatening nature of their speech.—
Wayne Unger,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
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“Innocence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocence. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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