innocency

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnəsənsi/

Definition of innocency

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Synonym of innocence:
    “That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]”
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noun

  1. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Synonym of innocence:
    “That Glass is poison, according unto common conceit, I know not how to grant. Not onely from the innocency of its ingredients […]”
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Synonym of innocence:
  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Synonym of innocence:
    “The verie names of Goodnesse and innocentie, are for this respect in some sort names of contempt.”
    “And let the wilful or ignorant mistakers know, that they wound innocency.”
  4. (archaic, countable)An innocent idea or thing; an innocence.
    “It is to be hoped that we all have some friend, […] whose affinities are rather with flowers and birds and all enchanting innocencies, than with dark human passions, […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English innocencie, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocence.

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