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Innocence
Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience.
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Innocence (noun)
Absence of responsibility for a crime.
“Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.”
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Innocence (noun)
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
“In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.”
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Innocence (noun)
Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.
“Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.”
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Innocence (noun)
Imbecility; mental deficiency.
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Guilt (noun)
Responsibility for wrongdoing.
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Guilt (noun)
Awareness, feeling of having done wrong; remorse.
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Guilt (noun)
The fact of having done wrong.
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Guilt (noun)
The state of having been found guilty or admitted guilt in legal proceedings.
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Guilt (verb)
To commit offenses; act criminally.
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Guilt (verb)
To cause someone to feel guilt, particularly in order to influence their behaviour.
“He didn’t want to do it, but his wife guilted him into it.”
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Innocence (noun)
the state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offence
“they must prove their innocence”
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Innocence (noun)
lack of guile or corruption; purity
“the healthy bloom in her cheeks gave her an aura of innocence”
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Innocence (noun)
a person’s virginity
“all the boys lost their innocence with her”
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Guilt (noun)
the fact of having committed a specified or implied offence or crime
“it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner’s guilt”
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Guilt (noun)
a feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation
“he remembered with sudden guilt the letter from his mother that he had not yet read”
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Guilt (verb)
make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something
“Celeste had been guilted into going by her parents”