innocence

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• /ˈɪnəsn̩s/
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Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin innocentia. Doublet of innocency. Displaced native Old English unsċyld.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَرَاءَة (barāʔa) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Armenian: անմեղություն (anmeġutʻyun) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Belarusian: няві́ннасць (njavínnascʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Belarusian: невінава́тасць (njevinavátascʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Bulgarian: невинност (nevinnost) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Catalan: innocència — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Czech: nevina — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Dutch: onschuld — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Esperanto: senkulpeco — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Finnish: syyttömyys — absence of responsibility for a crime
• French: innocence — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Galician: inocencia — absence of responsibility for a crime
• German: Unschuld — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌴𐌹 (swiknei) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Greek: αθωότητα (athoótita) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Hindi: निर्दोषता (nirdoṣtā) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Hungarian: ártatlanság — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Icelandic: sakleysi — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Icelandic: sýkna — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Italian: innocenza — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Japanese: 潔白 (keppaku) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Japanese: 無罪 (muzai) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Korean: 결백 (gyeolbaek) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Korean: 무죄 (mujoe) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Latin: innocentia — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Latvian: nevainība — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Latvian: nevainīgums — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Malayalam: നിരപരാധിത്വം (niraparādhitvaṁ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Malayalam: നിഷ്കളങ്കത (niṣkaḷaṅkata) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Māori: harakoretanga — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Old English: unsċyld — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Polish: niewinność — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Portuguese: inocência — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Romanian: nevinovăție — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Russian: неви́нность (nevínnostʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Russian: невино́вность (nevinóvnostʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅvīnōst — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅdūžnōst — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Slovene: nedolžnost — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Spanish: inocencia — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Swedish: oskuld — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Swedish: oskyldighet — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Turkish: suçsuzluk — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Turkish: masumiyet — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Ottoman Turkish: صوچسزلق (suçsuzluk) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Ukrainian: неви́нність (nevýnnistʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Ukrainian: невинува́тість (nevynuvátistʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Ukrainian: безви́нність (bezvýnnistʹ) — absence of responsibility for a crime
• Bulgarian: невинност (nevinnost) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Dutch: onschuld — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Finnish: viattomuus — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• French: innocence — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• French: candeur — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Greek: αθωότητα (athoótita) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Hungarian: ártatlanság — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Hungarian: naivság — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Icelandic: sakleysi — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Icelandic: barnaskapur — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Icelandic: grandaleysi — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Japanese: 無邪気 (mujaki) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Korean: 무사기 (musagi) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Latin: pueritia — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Latvian: nevainība — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Malayalam: നിഷ്കളങ്കത (niṣkaḷaṅkata) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Polish: niewinność — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Portuguese: inocência — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Russian: неви́нность (nevínnostʹ) — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Slovene: nedolžnost — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Swedish: oskuld — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Tagalog: kawalang-muwang — lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Finnish: vaarattomuus — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• German: Harmlosigkeit — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Greek: αθωότητα (athoótita) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Hungarian: ártalmatlanság — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: meinlaus — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: meinlaust — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: saklaus — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: saklaust — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: skaðlaus — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Icelandic: skaðlaust — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Japanese: 無害 (mugai) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Korean: 무해 (muhae) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Korean: 무독 (mudok) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Latvian: nevainība — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Malayalam: നിഷ്കളങ്കത (niṣkaḷaṅkata) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Old English: unsċaþfulnes — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Polish: niewinność — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Portuguese: inocência — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Russian: неви́нность (nevínnostʹ) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Slovene: nedolžnost — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Swedish: harmlöshet — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Ottoman Turkish: ضررسزلق (zararsızlık) — lack of ability or intention to harm or damage