Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.

    Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence.

    Unschuld

    неви́нностьnevínnostʹ, невино́вностьnevinóvnostʹ

    неви́нністьnevýnnistʹ, невинува́тістьnevynuvátistʹ, безви́нністьbezvýnnistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

    In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs.

    неви́нностьnevínnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

    Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance.

    Harmlosigkeit

    неви́нностьnevínnostʹ

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Imbecility; mental deficiency.

More definitions
  • a state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense
  • the quality of innocent naivete
  • the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

Examples

167 sentences
  1. I am convinced of your innocence.

    Я переконаний в твоїй невинності.

    ruЯ убеждён в твоей невиновности.

    deIch bin von deiner Unschuld überzeugt.

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  2. I am fully convinced of your innocence.

    Я повністю переконаний у твоїй невинності.

    ruЯ полностью убежден в твоей невиновности.

    deIch bin vollständig überzeugt von deiner Unschuld.

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  3. He convinced me of his innocence.

    ruОн убедил меня в своей невиновности.

    deEr hat mich von seiner Unschuld überzeugt.

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  4. He convinced us of her innocence.

    ruОн убедил нас в её невиновности.

    deEr überzeugte uns von ihrer Unschuld.

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  5. I am convinced of her innocence.

    ruЯ уверен в её невиновности.

    deIch bin von ihrer Unschuld überzeugt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
absence of responsibility for a crime:
Русский
By meaning 1
absence of responsibility for a crime:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
absence of responsibility for a crime:
lack of ability or intention to harm or damage:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English innocence, from Old French innocence, inocence, from Latin i

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

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