innocence

Roget-categorie 946

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
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#946. Innocence

zelfstandig naamwoord

innocence — guiltlessness etc. adj. — incorruption, impeccability.
clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti [Lat.] [Vergil]. innocent, lamb, dove.

werkwoord

be innocent etc. adj. — nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa [Lat.] [Horace]. acquit etc. 970 — exculpate etc. (vindicate) 937.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

innocent, not guilty — unguilty^† — guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless — clear, immaculate — rectus in curia [Lat.] — unspotted, unblemished, unerring — undefiled etc. 939 — unhardened^†, Saturnian — Arcadian etc. (artless) 703^†.
inculpable, unculpable^† — unblamed, unblamable^† — blameless, unfallen^†, inerrable^†, above suspicion — irreproachable, irreprovable^†, irreprehensible^† — unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable — salvable^† — venial etc. 937.
harmless — inoffensive, innoxious^†, innocuous — dove-like, lamb-like — pure, harmless as doves — innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn — more sinned against than sinning" [Lear]. virtuous etc. 944 — unreproved^†, unimpeached, unreproached^†.

bijwoord

innocently etc. adj. — with clean hands — with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience.

uitdrukking

murus aeneus conscientia sana [Horace].

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