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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
innocence
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
childlike innocence/simplicity/directness
▪ ‘You know I love you,’ she said with childlike simplicity.
maintain your innocence (=say that you did not commit a crime)
▪ He maintained his innocence and said the allegations were ‘ridiculous’.
protesting...innocence
▪ Years later, he is still protesting his innocence.
prove sb's guilt/innocence
▪ There was no way she could prove her innocence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
childlike
▪ Corbett had always liked Prince Edward; he had a roguish air, coupled with an almost childlike innocence.
■ VERB
believe
▪ He had claimed to believe in her innocence, but had not apologised for misjudging and insulting her.
lose
▪ She awoke with the innocent children asleep around her, she who had lost her innocence.
▪ They have lost their charm, having long ago lost their innocence.
▪ Have we lost our collective innocence?
▪ Ronnie had made her lose her innocence.
maintain
▪ It will be said that children should maintain their innocence and should be protected from such distressing subjects as bereavement.
▪ Both men maintain their innocence and are fighting extradition.
▪ The four have maintained their innocence of the charges.
▪ He is pleasant, quite soft-spoken and a personable gentleman who maintains his innocence.
proclaim
▪ The Institute could not possibly prejudge matters by proclaiming the auditors' innocence from the outset.
▪ His looming cameo proclaims sweet innocence, and through the next two-hours we will endure several sightings of his ghost.
▪ Meredith at first proclaimed his innocence but friction between the player and the club led to further disclosures.
▪ Others, including Betsy Kelly, eventually plea-bargained, while steadfastly proclaiming their innocence.
▪ When Saad's note proclaiming his innocence was discovered there was an outcry in the village.
▪ Hamilton, proclaiming his innocence, was forced out as trade minister in charge of business integrity.
protest
▪ He's been on remand for twenty months and always protested his innocence.
▪ They protested their innocence, and referred to the fact that no charges had been brought against them.
▪ She wasn't going to protest her innocence again, but it was time this scene with its explosive potential was ended.
▪ What is absolutely clear is that the three prisoners have themselves vehemently protested their innocence from day one.
▪ The shipowner had protested his innocence, claiming that the loss of his ship was genuine.
▪ He and his son John protested their innocence to a Parliamentary committee, and nothing could be proved against them.
▪ If he protests his innocence, he is doing just what he would do if he were guilty.
▪ But within this controversy lay another, which left two proud men protesting their innocence.
prove
▪ You have proved your innocence, and you are not on trial to prove that again.
▪ Suspected of murdering his wife, Krane got off on a technicality and is now obsessed with proving his innocence.
▪ Billy the Badger had much more difficulty in proving his innocence, although he admitted to stealing chickens.
▪ He even performed a miracle to prove his innocence.
▪ Nothing she had said or done had altered his rigid beliefs, and she couldn't prove her innocence without betraying Lori.
▪ Kelly proved his innocence by showing police that his fingerprints do not match those of the shoplifter.
▪ Would the contents of the faded envelope finally prove his father's innocence?
▪ This only adds to the dynamism between them as he tries to prove Von Bulow's innocence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be all smiles/innocence/sweetness etc
▪ And the sporty victim herself was all smiles, too.
▪ But the next day Zara and Johnson were all smiles as they enjoyed a day out at a pub.
▪ Fakhru was all smiles and had his son by the throat.
▪ In the resulting calm Tam and his brother resurfaced and were all smiles.
▪ Instead, this way, they were all innocence, all planning.
▪ When he entered the kitchen, bringing a great gust of cold air with him, he was all smiles.
▪ Your eyes are all innocence, but your lips are pure fire.
be the picture of health/innocence/despair etc
profess your innocence
▪ If they can come to a binding agreement, the prisoners will both profess their innocence and be sentenced to two years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Lawyers are trying to prove their client's innocence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Innocence

Innocence \In"no*cence\, n. [F. innocence, L. innocentia. See Innocent.]

  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 innocence Persuades when speaking fails.
    --Shak.

    Banished from man's life his happiest life, 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.

  4. Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness.
    --Chaucer. Shak.

    Syn: Harmlessness; innocuousness; blamelessness; purity; sinlessness; guiltlessness.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
innocence

mid-14c., "freedom from guilt," from Old French inocence "innocence, purity, chastity" (12c.), from Latin innocentia, from innocens "harmless, blameless" (see innocent). Meaning "lacking in guile or artifice" is from late 14c.

Wiktionary
innocence

n. 1 absence of responsibility for a crime. 2 lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

WordNet
innocence
  1. n. the quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness, ingenuousness, naturalness]

  2. the state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil [syn: purity, sinlessness]

  3. a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence" [ant: guilt]

Wikipedia
Innocence

Innocence (or guiltlessness) is a term used to indicate a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence refers to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime.

Innocence (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

"Innocence" is episode 14 of season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is renowned not only as one of the most critically acclaimed episodes, but also has the distinction of being the highest rated episode in the series' history, attracting 8.2 million viewers as the series moved from its Monday timeslot to Tuesday.

Innocence (disambiguation)

Innocence is a term used to indicate a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, sin, or wrongdoing.

Innocence may also refer to:

Innocence (Star Trek: Voyager)

__NOTOC__ "Innocence" is the 38th episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the 22nd episode of the second season.

Innocence (2005 film)

Innocence (, or Dek To), is a 2005 Thai independent documentary film directed by Areeya Chumsai and Nisa Kongsri about a boarding school for hill tribe children in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Pusan International Film Festival.

Innocence (Björk song)

"Innocence" is a song written and recorded by Icelandic singer Björk. The song was released as the second single from her seventh full-length studio album, Volta. It is co-produced by record producer Timbaland and his protégé Danja. The song was premiered on Björk's MySpace profile on March 19, 2007 as part of the fan contest to submit ideas for the music video. The single was released exclusively as a digital download on July 23, 2007.

Innocence (Murray Head album)

Innocence is a studio album by Murray Head. It was released in 1993.

Innocence (Nero song)

"Innocence" is a song by British dubstep trio Nero. It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 26 April 2010 as the lead single from the debut studio album, Welcome Reality – also acting as a double A-side with the track "Electron". The single peaked at number one hundred and sixty-seven on the UK Singles Chart, also reaching number fifteen and number sixteen on the independent releases chart and dance chart respectively.

Innocence (2004 film)

Innocence is a 2004 French mystery drama film written and directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović, inspired by the novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind, and starring Marion Cotillard. The film follows a year in the life of the girls in the third dormitory at a secluded boarding school, where new students arrive in coffins.

Innocence (short story)

"Innocence" is a short story written by Honoré de Balzac.

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Innocence (2011 film)

Innocence is a 2011 Czech drama film directed by Jan Hřebejk.

Along with " Kawasaki's Rose" and " Honeymoon", Innocence is part of Hrebejk's loose trilogy of films in which shadows from the past already came to haunt the present of its characters.

Innocence (Sennen EP)

Innocence is an EP by the Norwich, UK band Sennen, released in the US on September 13, 2010.

Innocence (Hootie & the Blowfish song)
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Innocence (2000 film)

Innocence is a 2000 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. The film deals with the story of two separated lovers who meet again accidentally after decades and fall in love again.

The film was lauded by critics and was one of Cox's most successful films commercially. Pranayam, a 2011 Indian Malayalam film, is loosely based on Innocence.

Innocence (Davichi EP)

Innocence is the second EP by South Korean duo Davichi released on May 6, 2010.

Innocence (band)

Innocence was a British R&B band fronted by Gee Morris, that achieved some success in the UK in the early 1990s.

Masterminded by the production team of Anna Jolley, Mark Jolley and Brian Harris, Innocence's sound was similar to then-popular group Soul II Soul, but also addied elements of downtempo and chill-out music. Signed to Cooltempo Records, the group's debut single, "Natural Thing", became their biggest UK hit in 1990, peaking at #16. The 12" version of the song featured the complete introduction and guitar solo by David Gilmour, from the Pink Floyd song, " Shine On You Crazy Diamond".

That same year they released their debut album, Belief, which was a Top 30 hit in the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned four further singles, all but one charting inside the UK Top 40. Belief was released in the US the following year, adding a cover version of " Riders on the Storm", originally by The Doors, which was not available in the UK edition. The album and its singles only found modest success in the US Billboard R&B chart.

In 1992, they released their second album, Build. Never released in the US, it was less successful than their debut, although two of its singles became Top 40 hits in the UK. After this album, the group disbanded. Gee Morris later released an unsuccessful self-titled solo album in 1994.

Innocence (Alisa Mizuki album)

Innocence is the fifth studio album by Japanese recording artist Arisa Mizuki, released through Avex Tune on November 17, 1999. It is Mizuki's first studio album in over four years, since Cute, and the first to be released under Avex Tune. The album produced four original singles: " Through the Season," " Oh Darling" (released under the alias Convertible), " Asahi no Ataru Hashi," and Eternal Message. All singles, as well as track three of the album, "All My Love," which was used in commercials for the TU-KA cell phone by KDDI, had a commercial tie-in. Innocence is predominately a pop music album. CDJournal noted that the album "showcases the vocals of a grown-up Mizuki."

Innocence debuted at number 39 on the Oricon Weekly Albums chart with 6,920 copies in its first week, charting eighteen spots lower than Cute.

Innocence (2013 film)

Innocence is a 2013 American horror drama film directed by Hilary Brougher, who co-wrote the film with Tristine Skyler. The movie is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Jane Mendelsohn. It had its world premiere on 26 October, 2013 at the Austin Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 5 September, 2014. The movie stars Sophie Curtis, Kelly Reilly, Graham Phillips, Linus Roache, Sarah Sutherland and Stephanie March.

Innocence (EP)

Innocence is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Jena Irene Asciutto. It was released through Detroit-based label Original 1265 Recordings on April 22, 2016. Innocence serves as her first release after becoming the runner-up on the thirteenth season of American Idol.

Innocence (Pontiak album)

Innocence is 10th album of American neo-psychedelic rock band Pontiak released on January 28, 2014. It had relatively positive reception from critics by scoring 73 on Metascore. Ryan J. Prado from Paste Magazine says "“Pontiak” and “ballad” were probably never supposed to be in the same sentence together, but the band’s insistence on its soft side for even a few songs is an exciting prospect that makes Innocence a diamond in the rough."

The album was released in both CD and vinyl versions.

Innocence (Mendelsohn novel)

Innocence is a 2000 bestselling horror novel by Jane Mendelsohn. It was first released on 28 August, 2000 through Riverhead Books and follows a teen girl as she discovers that a pack of Lamias are out to use her blood in an attempt to retain their immortality and beauty. A film adaptation of the book was released in 2013.

Innocence (Fitzgerald novel)

Innocence is a novel by British author Penelope Fitzgerald. Set in Italy, it is a comedy of manners concerning the marriage of the young daughter of an old but impoverished aristocratic family, and a beginning neurologist who has tried to cut himself off from emotion.

Innocence (1923 film)

Innocence is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Edward J. Le Saint and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. The film was produced and distributed as an early effort by Columbia Pictures.

The film is now lost.

Usage examples of "innocence".

Nevertheless, he concluded that the moral life is a consequence of civilisation, not the natural state and that in achieving morality and civilisation men and woman have lost their innocence.

I am so confident of my own innocence, and have such a perfect reliance upon the honour of your lordships, that I am not afraid to submit to judgment upon the evidence which has been adduced on the part of the prosecution.

How was it possible to endure such a scene going on in the presence of an innocent girl whom I adored, when I had to fight hard myself with my own burning desires so as not to abuse her innocence!

This deadly and incoherent mixture of treason and magic, of poison and adultery, afforded infinite gradations of guilt and innocence, of excuse and aggravation, which in these proceedings appear to have been confounded by the angry or corrupt passions of the judges.

Conscious that the station which he had filled exposed him to some suspicions, Diocletian ascended the tribunal, and raising his eyes towards the Sun, made a solemn profession of his own innocence, in the presence of that all-seeing Deity.

And she cried for herself---for the loss of her childhood and her athleticism, for the loss of a certain innocence and daring after that night twelve years before.

Conrade arose boldly to answer, and in despite, as he expressed himself, of man and brute, king or dog, avouched his innocence of the crime charged.

He, of course, avouched his innocence, and offered his body for battle.

And only then, after childlike joy over the unharmed thistle had spread, after young Birken had heaped up earth over the bared roots and Lauremberg had run for water -- only after the company had thus recovered its innocence but before the usual chatter had time to start up did Simon Dach, beside whom Daniel Czepko had stationed himself, speak.

Catholic majesty save me from the hands of the infamous alcalde who has arrested me, an honest and a law-abiding man, who came to Spain trusting in his own innocence and the protection of the laws.

She is his deepest innocence in spaces of bough and hay before wishes were given a separate name to warn that they might not come true, and his lithe Parisian daughter of joy, beneath the eternal mirror, forswearing perfumes, capeskin to the armpits, all that is too easy, for his impoverishment and more worthy love.

The rector felt reproved and looked down upon from enormous heights of innocence and childhood and the wisdom thereof.

But if you deny the fact, you are to bring your said wife to our Comitatus and there prove her innocence.

I asked her to come and sit on my bed, but she answered that she could not take such a liberty now that she was dressed, The simplicity, artlessness, and innocence of the answer seemed to me very enchanting, and brought a smile on my lips.

Her position was so sad that I thought it worse even than mine, although I could almost fancy I saw ruin before me despite my innocence.