innocence

🇬🇧 UK/'inәsәns/🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

n.

The state of not being guilty of a crime; lack of experience of harmful or immoral things; purity

无罪;天真无邪;纯洁

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
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nocroot
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encestate, quality
=innocence

Common Collocations

  • 1.maintain innocence坚持无罪
  • 2.presumed innocence无罪推定
  • 3.[childhood] innocence[童年]纯真

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The defendant maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

  • 2.

    Childhood innocence is something that cannot be recaptured later.

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