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Meaning of innocency | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɪnəsənsi

Definitions

  1. Synonym of innocence:
  2. Harmlessness.
  3. Lack of deceit or guile; simplicity.
  4. The state of being free from guilt or moral wrong.
  5. An innocent idea or thing; an innocence.

Examples

“That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]”
“The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt.”
“And let the wilful or ignorant mistakers know, that they wound innocency.”
“It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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