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# innocence

«innocence» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (innocence, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Innocence is the state of not being guilty of a crime or wrongdoing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#m1)

2) Innocence also means not knowing about bad or unpleasant things in life, especially as a young child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#m2)

3) Innocence can mean being simple and trusting, sometimes too trusting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In law and citizenship lessons, people are presumed innocent until proven guilty: the court must prove guilt, the person does not have to prove innocence. In stories, a child's innocence can be lost when they see something sad or cruel. In church, Christians speak of innocence before sin in the story of Adam and Eve. Phrases: prove your innocence, loss of innocence, in all innocence.

### examples

- The man proved his innocence in court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x1)
- In the UK, you are innocent until proven guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x2)
- The puppy looked up with innocence after chewing the shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x3)
- The war took away the children's innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x4)
- She asked the question in all innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x5)
- The lawyer fought to show his client's innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x6)
- Therefore they demanded seven days in which to prove their innocence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: innocent. Spelling: double n, -ence (not -ance).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «innocence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/innocence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.