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Webster 1913 Edition
Innocence
1.
The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.
2.
The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin; purity of heart; blamelessness.
The silence often of pure
Persuades when speaking fails.
innocence
Persuades when speaking fails.
Shakespeare
Banished from man’s life his happiest life,
Simplicity and spotless
Simplicity and spotless
innocence
! Milton.
3.
The state or quality of being not chargeable for, or guilty of, a particular crime or offense;
as, the
. innocence
of the prisoner was clearly shown
Syn. – Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness.