English-Thai Dictionary

innocence

N ความบริสุทธิ์ (ทางกฎหมาย  guiltlessness purity guilt kwam-bori-sud

 

innocence

N ความไร้เดียงสา  ความ อ่อน ประสบการณ์  naivety kwam-rai-diang-sa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INNOCENCE, INNOCENCY

n.[L. innocentia; in and noceo, to hurt. ] 1. Properly, freedom from any quality that can injure; innoxiousness; harmlessness; as the innocence of a medicine which can do no harm. In this sense, the noun is not obsolete, though less used than the adjective.
2. In a moral sense, freedom from crime, sin or guilt; untainted purity of heart and life; unimpaired integrity.
Enjoyment left nothing to ask--innocence left nothing to fear.
3. Freedom from guilt or evil intentions; simplicity of heart; as the innocence of a child.
4. Freedom from the guilt of a particular sin or crime. This is the sense in which the word is most generally used, for perfect innocence cannot be predicated of man. A man charged with theft or murder may prove his innocence.
5. The state of being lawfully conveyed to a belligerent, or of not being contraband; as the innocence of a cargo, or of any merchandize.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INNOCENCE

In "no *cence, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

innocence

in no cence |ˈinəsəns ˈɪnəsəns | ▶noun the state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offense: they must prove their innocence. • lack of guile or corruption; purity: the healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence. • used euphemistically to refer to a person's virginity: they'd avenge assaults on her innocence by others. PHRASES in all innocence without knowledge of something's significance or possible consequences: she knew the gift had been chosen in all innocence. DERIVATIVES in no cen cy noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming ’ (based on nocere ‘injure ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

innocence

in ¦no |cence |ˈɪnəsəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offence: they must prove their innocence. • lack of guile or corruption; purity: the healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence. • euphemistic a person's virginity: all the boys lost their innocence with her. PHRASES in all innocence without knowledge of something's significance or possible consequences: she knew the gift had been chosen in all innocence. DERIVATIVES innocency noun ( archaic )ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from Latin innocentia, from innocent- ‘not harming ’ (based on nocere ‘injure ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

innocence

innocence noun 1 he protested his innocence: guiltlessness, blamelessness, irreproachability. 2 the innocence of Sleeping Beauty is beyond the comprehension of these young girls: virginity, chastity, chasteness, purity; integrity, morality, decency; dated honor; archaic virtue. 3 she took advantage of his innocence: naiveté, ingenuousness, credulity, inexperience, gullibility, simplicity, unworldliness, guilelessness, greenness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

innocence

innocence noun 1 the accused protested his innocence: guiltlessness, blamelessness, freedom from guilt, freedom from blame, irreproachability, clean hands. ANTONYMS guilt. 2 they questioned the innocence of our motives: harmlessness, innocuousness, lack of malice, inoffensiveness. 3 the youthfulness and innocence of his bride: virginity, chastity, chasteness, purity, lack of sin, sinlessness, impeccability, spotlessness; virtue, virtuousness, integrity, honour, righteousness, morality, decency, wholesomeness; Christianity immaculateness. 4 he had taken advantage of Isabel's innocence: naivety, naiveness, ingenuousness, credulity, credulousness, trustfulness, inexperience, gullibility, simpleness, simplicity, unworldliness, lack of experience, lack of sophistication, guilelessness, greenness, childlikeness. ANTONYMS experience.

 

French Dictionary

innocence

innocence n. f. nom féminin 1 Pureté, ingénuité. : L ’innocence d ’un enfant. 2 État de la personne qui n ’est pas coupable. : Son innocence a été prouvée. ANTONYME culpabilité . Note Orthographique i nn oc en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

innocence

in no cence /ɪ́nəs (ə )ns /→innocent 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U 〖しばしばone 's ～〗無罪 , 潔白 (↔guilt ); 純潔 ▸ prove [maintain, protest ] one's innocence 自分の無実を証明 [主張 ]する .2 U (世の中についての )無知 ; おめでたいこと ; 無邪気, 純真 ▸ in all innocence まったく悪気なく, 無邪気に .3 C 無邪気な人, お人よし .4 C 〘植 〙トキワナズナ (の類 ).