innocency
Freedom from wrongdoing
Innocency is an archaic or literary variant of innocence, carrying the same meanings: freedom from guilt, sin, or moral wrongdoing.
It appears in older religious and legal texts: They protested their innocency before the court.
The form survives mainly in historical documents and deliberately antiquated prose.
Abstaining from sexual activity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- immaculatenessTotal absence of flaws
- wholesomenessQuality of being good
virginity · spotlessness · sacredness · saintliness · virtue · modesty · cleanness · undefiled
Amazement or curiosity
- curiosityDesire to learn
- playfulInclined toward fun
- simpleFree of complexity
- imaginativeAble to conceive new ideas
youthful · whimsical · trusting · wide-eyed · unspoiled · guileless · artless · unaffected
Prone to blind trust
- gullibleEasily deceived
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
- trustingInclined to believe others
inexperienced · unsuspecting · green · callow · unwary · unguarded · simple-minded · uninitiated
Clear of wrongdoing
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- irreproachableImpossible to criticize
- impeccableFree from any defect
faultless · inculpable · unimpeachable · exculpate · absolve · untarnished · vindicate · clear
Party facing charges
- accusedCharged with wrongdoing
- pleaFormal request or defense
- verdictOfficial court decision
- presumptionBelief held without proof
proof · burden · trial · defense · acquit · exculpatory · wrongful conviction · miscarriage
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- immaculatenessTotal absence of flaws
wholesomeness · virginity · spotlessness · sacredness · saintliness · virtue · modesty · cleanness · undefiled · sinlessness
wonder
Amazement or curiosity
imaginative · youthful · whimsical · trusting · wide-eyed · unspoiled · guileless · artless · unaffected · pure-hearted
credulous
Prone to blind trust
- gullibleEasily deceived
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
trusting · inexperienced · unsuspecting · green · callow · unwary · unguarded · simple-minded · uninitiated · unseasoned
exonerate
Clear of wrongdoing
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- irreproachableImpossible to criticize
impeccable · faultless · inculpable · unimpeachable · exculpate · absolve · untarnished · vindicate · clear · guiltless
defendant
Party facing charges
presumption · proof · burden · trial · defense · acquit · exculpatory · wrongful conviction · miscarriage · clemency
innocencyguilt
Moral self-reproach
guiltiness · culpability · blameworthiness · criminality · blame
innocencywickedness
Moral corruption or evil
depravity · corruption · sinfulness · evil · immorality
innocencyworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
sophistication · experience · jadedness · cynicism · knowingness
- innocent bystanderUninvolved person harmed incidentally
- loss of innocenceEnd of childhood naivety
- innocent man
- childhood innocenceUntainted early-life simplicity
- innocent as a lambUtterly free from wrongdoing
- guilty or innocentCriminal trial outcomes