Innocence
Nouns
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innocence
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guiltlessness etc. adj.
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incorruption, impeccability. clean hands, clear conscience, lamb, dove.
Verbs
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be innocent etc. adj.
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exculpate etc. (vindicate) Vindication.
Adjectives
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innocent, not guilty
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unguilty
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guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless
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clear, immaculate
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unspotted, unblemished, unerring
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undefiled etc. Probity
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unhardened, Saturnian
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Arcadian etc. (artless) Artlessness. inculpable, unculpable
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unblamed, unblamable
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blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion
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irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible
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unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable
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salvable
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venial etc. Vindication. harmless
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inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous
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dove-like, lamb-like
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pure, harmless as doves
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innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn
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more sinned against than sinning" [Lear]. virtuous etc. Virtue
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unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached.
Adverbs
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innocently etc. adj.
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with clean hands
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with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience.
Phrases
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murus aeneus conscientia sana [Horace].