as in innocence
the quality or state of being free from guilt or blame
let me be the first to declare my own innocency in the matter: I neither spread nor believed the malicious gossip
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Noun
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Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst back into the high-stakes world of investigation.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Their joyous innocence depicts the newest generation of Black Americans who won’t contend with enslavement but will be forced to confront the terrors of Jim Crow.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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And sometimes the music does traffic in the kinds of clichés about middle-American purity of spirit that have long been a hallmark of conservative rhetoric.—
Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Read More Even at its glitziest, though, there is always an earnest purity about Parton’s work and worldview.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Innocency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocency. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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