IN'NOCENCY, 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.
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