Synonyms for innocence
noun
Freedom from guilt
guiltlessness, blamelessness, integrity, probity, impeccability, inculpability, clear conscience, faultlessness, clean hands*; see also honesty 1.
Antonyms guilt*, culpability, dishonesty.
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.
Lack of experience
purity, virginity, naiveté; see chastity, ignorance 1.
See innocence in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The condition of being chaste:
chastity, decency, modesty, purity, virginity, virtue, virtuousness. See good, restraint, sexThe condition of being uninformed or unaware:
ignorance, nescience, obliviousness, unawareness, unconsciousness, unfamiliarity. See knowledge
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