innocence
Roget category 946
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions
#946.
Innocence
noun
innocence —
guiltlessness
etc.
adj. —
incorruption,
impeccability.
clean hands,
clear conscience,
mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.]
[Vergil].
innocent,
lamb,
dove.
verb
be innocent
etc.
adj. —
nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa [Lat.]
[Horace].
acquit
etc.
970 —
exculpate
etc.
(vindicate)
937.
adjective
innocent,
not guilty —
unguilty† —
guiltless,
faultless,
sinless,
stainless,
bloodless,
spotless —
clear,
immaculate —
rectus in curia [Lat.] —
unspotted,
unblemished,
unerring —
undefiled
etc.
939 —
unhardened†,
Saturnian —
Arcadian
etc.
(artless)
703†.
inculpable,
unculpable† —
unblamed,
unblamable† —
blameless,
unfallen†,
inerrable†,
above suspicion —
irreproachable,
irreprovable†,
irreprehensible† —
unexceptionable,
unobjectionable,
unimpeachable —
salvable† —
venial
etc.
937.
harmless —
inoffensive,
innoxious†,
innocuous —
dove-like,
lamb-like —
pure,
harmless as doves —
innocent as a lamb,
innocent as the babe unborn —
more sinned against than sinning"
[Lear].
virtuous
etc.
944 —
unreproved†,
unimpeached,
unreproached†.
adverb
innocently
etc.
adj. —
with clean hands —
with a clear conscience,
with a safe conscience.
phrase
murus aeneus conscientia sana
[Horace].
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