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Innocence

The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness.

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Blamelessness 76% connected

The quality or state of being blameless; innocence.

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Cleanness 76% connected

The state or quality of being clean.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Inculpableness 76% connected

Blamelessness; faultlessness.

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Innocency 76% connected

Innocence.

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Broader term 4

Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Naivete 76% connected

Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.

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Naivety 76% connected

Naivete.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Innocent 74% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Innocent 74% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Sinless 74% connected

Free from sin.

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Sinless 74% connected

Free from sin.

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Synonym 6

Artlessness 92% connected

The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

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Ingenuousness 92% connected

The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.

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Naturalness 92% connected

The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.

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Pureness 92% connected

The state of being pure (in any sense of the adjective).

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Purity 92% connected

The condition of being pure.

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Whiteness 92% connected

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

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Guilt 94% connected

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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Guilt 94% connected

The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who…

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