Synonyms for innocence
ˈɪn ə sənsin·no·cence

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1. innocencenoun

   Absence of responsibility for a crime.

   Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.

   Antonyms:
   guilt

2. innocencenoun

   Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

   In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.

   Synonyms:
   naivety

3. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   harmlessness

   Antonyms:
   harmfulness

4. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   unguilt, unguiltness

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1. innocence

   Synonyms:
   artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth

   Antonyms:
   art, artifice, blind, cheat, contrivance, craft, cunning, device, dodge, finesse, fraud, guile, imposture, invention, machination, maneuver, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile

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1. innocence

   Synonyms:
   innocuousness, inoffensiveness, guilelessness, guiltlessness, simplicity, purity, sinlessness

   Antonyms:
   hurtfulness, offensiveness, guile, guilt, contamination, corruption, impurity, sinfulness

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1. artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalnessnoun

   the quality of innocent naivete

   Synonyms:
   ingenuousness, naturalness, purity, whiteness, artlessness, sinlessness, pureness

   Antonyms:
   guilt, guiltiness

2. purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whitenessnoun

   the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

   Synonyms:
   ingenuousness, naturalness, white, purity, whiteness, artlessness, sinlessness, honour, honor, pureness

   Antonyms:
   guiltiness, guilt

3. innocencenoun

   a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense

   "the trial established his innocence"

   Synonyms:
   whiteness, artlessness, purity, sinlessness, pureness, naturalness, ingenuousness

   Antonyms:
   guilt, guiltiness

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1. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   harmlessness, inoffensiveness, innocuousness, innoxiousness

2. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   guiltlessness, sinlessness, blamelessness, guilelessness, purity

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1. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   blamelessness, guilelessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, inoffensiveness

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1. List of paraphrases for "innocence":

   severus, patent-holder, acquittal

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1. John Pierce:

   The charges should be dropped immediately, if the prosecutors have such poor judgment that they are intent on taking this case to trial, we will prove Kyles innocence and we will win.

2. Tony Buzbee:

   You would think that someone who’s legal team has called every one of these women liars, has criticized me and has loudly declared his completely innocence would be ready to speak publicly under oath as he originally agreed, but instead, he ducks and runs for cover.

3. Jim Walden:

   Russia's not writing on a clean slate. Russia has had a state sponsored doping program since at least the 1960s. It is very well established, it is heavily documented. And so when any Russian athlete tests positive, the Russian state is not doing anyone any favors because there is now a presumption of guilt instead of a presumption of innocence, which for a 15-year-old skater is terrible.

4. Alejandro Gomez:

   None have been removed from duty yet because there is a presumption of innocence.

5. Lara Yeretsian:

   I didn’t think he would be convicted the first time around. I really believe in Scott’s innocence based on the evidence I had seen during the first trial. I truly don’t believe he got a fair trial because of all the publicity and all of the emotions and visceral reactions of him having an affair.