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Synonyms for innocence

noun

  1. Freedom from guilt

    guiltlessness, blamelessness, integrity, probity, impeccability, inculpability, clear conscience, faultlessness, clean hands*; see also honesty 1.

    Antonyms guilt*, culpability, dishonesty.

  2. Freedom from guile

    guilelessness, artlessness, naiveté, frankness, candor, candidness, simplicity, unaffectedness, plainness, forthrightness, ingenuousness, trustfulness, credulity, harmlessness, inoffensiveness; see also simplicity 2, sincerity.

    Antonyms trickery*, shrewdness, wariness.

  3. Lack of experience

    purity, virginity, naiveté; see chastity, ignorance 1.

See innocence in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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