Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   harmfulness

   Synonyms:
   harmlessness

4. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   unguilt, unguiltness

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. innocence

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. innocence

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

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

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1. • Condition

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalnessnoun

   the quality of innocent naivete

   Antonyms:
   guilt, guiltiness

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

2. purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whitenessnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   guiltiness, guilt

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

3. innocencenoun

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

   "the trial established his innocence"

   Antonyms:
   guilt, guiltiness

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

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1. innocencenoun

   Synonyms:
   blamelessness, guilelessness, guiltlessness, impeccability, inoffensiveness

How to use innocence in a sentence?

1. Melissa Lucio:

   I thank God for my life. I have always trusted in Him, i am grateful the Court has given me the chance to live and prove my innocence. Mariah is in my heart today and always.

2. Charles Peguy:

   It is innocence that is full and experience that is empty. It is innocence that wins and experience that loses.

3. Barry Berke:

   David and his family have never wavered in their belief in his innocence, and he had the courage to persevere through this long and unfortunate ordeal.

4. Bryce Benjet:

   This time is critical to allow for proper consideration of the powerful new evidence of his innocence and possible DNA testing that could help prove who actually committed the crime, we hope that Governor Abbott will consider all of the facts in this case, and adopt the Board's recommendation as soon as possible.

5. Zeinab Chami:

   They look like the kids I went to college with at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the kids I teach not just because they're Muslim but they have that bright, shiny innocence kids that age have, this was a moment for (my students) to pause and try to comprehend the reality they're going to be stepping into.

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