Meaning of nevainība | Babel Free

Definitions

1. innocence, lack of guilt (the quality or state of one who is innocent, not guilty)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of nevainība
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. innocence, harmlessness
   declension-4, feminine
4. innocence, simplicity, naïveté
   declension-4, feminine
5. innocence (moral purity)
   declension-4, feminine
6. innocence, virginity (lack of sexual experience and/or knowledge)
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“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

“joku nevainība”

the innocence of the jokes

“bērna nevainība”

a child's innocence

“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

“saglabāt, zaudēt nevainību”

to preserve, to lose (one's) virginity

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