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nevainība

nevainība

See also: nevainībā

Latvian

Noun

nevainība f (4th declension)

  1. innocence, lack of guilt (the quality or state of one who is innocent, not guilty)
    tiesājamā nevainība ― the defendant's innocence
    nevainības prezumpcija ― presumption of innocence
    pierādīt savu nevainību ― to prove one's innocence
    atzīt apsūdzēta nevainību ― to acknowledge the innocence of the accused
  2. innocence, harmlessness
    joku nevainība ― the innocence of the jokes
  3. innocence, simplicity, naïveté
    bērna nevainība ― a child's innocence
  4. innocence (moral purity)
    tur, sapņos, dvēsele, patvērumu atradusi, vairs izbailes un šausmas nejustu, tur nevainība mani sargātu ― there, in dreams, the soul, finding a shelter, would no longer feel fear and terror, there innocence would protect me
  5. innocence, virginity (lack of sexual experience and/or knowledge)
    saglabāt, zaudēt nevainību ― to preserve, to lose (one's) virginity

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