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Innocence

Definition: Innocence

Innocence

Noun

1. The quality of innocent naivete.

2. The state of being free from sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil.

3. A state or condition of being innocent of a specific crime or offense; "the trial established his innocence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "innocence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Innocence \In"no*cence\, noun. [French expression innocence, from Latin expression innocentia. See Innocent.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Innocence

Synonyms: artlessness (n), ingenuousness (n), naturalness (n), purity (n), sinlessness (n). (additional references)
Antonym: guilt (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Innocence

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Artlessness

Noun: artlessness; adj; nature, simplicity; innocence; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty; plain speaking; epanchement.

Innocence

Noun: innocence; guiltlessness; Adjective: incorruption, impeccability.

Virtue

Well-doing; good actions, good behavior; discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty; well-spent life; innocence.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Innocence

English words defined with "innocence": Alfetbabelike, blamelessnessCompurgation, CompurgatorDoveshipfallGolden Age, guiltlessnessinculpability, inculpableness, Innocency, insanity plea, ipso facto, IrreproachablenessJudgment of Godplea of insanity, predaceous, predacious, predatory, Presumption of lawTo use up, trial. (references)
Specialty definitions using "innocence": A l'outrance, Absalom, Adamites, AstræaBrewingFogGeneuraJavelin, Jealousy, Waters of, JewelsLark, LibertinesMador, MargaretOmission, Orange Blossoms Worn at WeddingsReligion, Rodolpho. (references)
Etymologies containing "innocence": Doveship. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Innocence" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (honesty, innocence, Maidenhead).

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Modern Usage: Innocence

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The ceremony of innocence is drowned (Millennium; writing credit: Eric Knight)

Enough of symbolism and these escapist themes of purity and innocence. (8 1/2; writing credit: Federico Fellini; Ennio Flaiano)

Once you're accused of molesting a child, there simply is no return to innocence. (Return to Innocence; writing credit: Gary M. Frazier)

Lyrics

This is the end of the innocence (The End of the Innocence; performing artist: Don Henley)

The return to innocence (Return To Innocence; performing artist: Enigma)

And we got no innocence (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper)

Once I thought my innocence was gone (The Longest Time; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Of innocence again (Sailing; performing artist: Christopher Cross)

Clever

If innocence can leave, guilt can come. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Teenage Innocence (1973)

The Ceremony of Innocence (1972)

A Death of Innocence (1971)

In Search of Innocence (1964)

The Age of Innocence (1934)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Innocence

DomainTitle

Books

  • Carnal Innocence (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Paper)) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence (reference)

  • Songs of Innocence and of Experience (reference)

  • The Age of Innocence (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Innocence

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Photo Album: Innocence

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The double sixes of innocence. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Innocence
 

"Innocence" by Terry Eaton
Commentary: "A white flower."
"Boy with dragonfly" by Jewel Collins
Commentary: "The innocence of childhood. the wonder in bugs."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Innocence

AuthorQuotation

Bishop Robert South

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame.

Jean Racine

Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.

John Dryden

Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.

Madame de Stael

Innocence in genius and candor in power, are both noble qualities.

Mignon Mclaughlin

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Napoleon

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

Oscar Wilde

Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.

Publilius Syrus

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

Robert Browning

Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Innocence

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Thus, whether a family by degrees grew up into a common-wealth, and the fatherly authority being continued on to the elder son, every one in his turn growing up under it, tacitly submitted to it, and the easiness and equality of it not offending any one, every one acquiesced, till time seemed to have confirmed it, and settled a right of succession by prescription: or whether several families, or the descendants of several families, whom chance, neighbourhood, or business brought together, uniting into society, the need of a general, whose conduct might defend them against their enemies in war, and the great confidence the innocence and sincerity of that poor but virtuous age, (such as are almost all those which begin governments, that ever come to last in the world) gave men one of another, made the first beginners of commonwealths generally put the rule into one man's hand, without any other express limitation or restraint, but what the nature of the thing, and the end of government required: which ever of those it was that at first put the rule into the hands of a single person, certain it is no body was intrusted with it but for the public good and safety, and to those ends, in the infancies of commonwealths, those who had it commonly used it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

This German Socialism, which took its schoolboy task so seriously and solemnly, and extolled its poor stock-in-trade in such mountebank fashion, meanwhile gradually lost its pedantic innocence. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Innocence

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Fantine was innocence floating upon the surface of this fault

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He stooped to the evil of hypocrisy with others, sceptical of their innocence which he could cajole so easily

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The Emperor does also confer on him some public mark of his favor, and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Innocence

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Iran

The jury is empowered to recommend to the presiding judge the guilt or innocence of defendants and the severity of any penalty to be imposed, although these recommendations are not binding legally. (references)

Human Rights

Argentina

A panel of judges decides guilt or innocence. (references)

Niger

The Constitution affirms the presumption of innocence. (references)

Political Economy

China

Some lawyers, law professors, and jurists continued publicly to press for a transparent system of discovery, abolition of coerced confessions, a presumption of innocence, an independent judiciary, the right to remain silent, and improved administrative laws giving citizens recourse against unlawful acts by the Government. (references)

Women

Sierra Leone

There also were reports that women suspected of infidelity were required to undergo animistic rituals to prove their innocence. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Innocence

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Innocence

"Innocence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.27% of the time. "Innocence" is used about 961 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.27%9547,614
Noun (proper)0.73%7133,076
                    Total100.00%961N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Innocence

Expressions using "innocence": feigned innocence innocence incarnate maintain one's innocence mask of innocence worldly innocence. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "innocence": mock-innocence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Innocence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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221

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11

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127

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11

castlevania innocence lament

120

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10

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94

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10

return to innocence

46

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9

innocence mission

45

innocence test

9

innocence lament

28

evanescence field innocence lyrics

9

innocence lost

27

loss of sexual innocence

8

blowfish hootie innocence lyrics

21

enigma innocence lyrics return

8

innocence lyrics return

21

innocence lenox opal

7

ivy innocence

21

field innocence

7

song of innocence

19

innocence stolen

7

end of innocence

18

castlevania innocence lament trailer

7

innocence murder

18

field innocence lyrics

6

end innocence lyrics

17

childhood innocence loss

6

enigma return to innocence

16

bell innocence

6

william blake song of innocence

14

evanescence field innocence

6

loss of innocence

14

innocence lyrics mission

6

auguries of innocence

12

don henley end of the innocence

6

age david hamilton innocence

11

don end henley innocence lyrics

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Modern Translation: Innocence

Language Translations for "innocence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pafajësi, naivitet (naivety, simplicity), dëlirësi (chastity, purity), çiltërsi (candidness, candor, candour, frankness, freedom, heartiness, naivety, openness, sincerity). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سذاجة (fondly, gullibility, naivety, naturalness, primitiveness, rusticity, simplicity, triteness), ‏طهارة (asepsis, candor, candour, chastity, honor, honour, prudery, pureness, purgation, purification, purity, refinement, righteousness, saintliness, tidiness, virtue), ‏جهل (blindness, darkness, ignorance, pass, stupidity, unacquaintance, unawareness), ‏الهصطونية, ‏براءة (diploma, exculpation, guiltlessness, honesty, primitiveness, pureness, rescript). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

невинност (viridity), наивност (gullibility, ingenuousness, naivete, naivety, viridity), безвредност (innocuousness), простота (amplitude, homeliness, ingenuousness, plainness, rusticity, severity, simplicity, tenuity). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

無辜 (innocent), 无罪 (guiltless). (various references)

   

Czech

  

prostota (austerity, homeliness, simplicity), nevinnost (purity, virginity), nevìdomost (ignorance). (various references)

   

Danish

  

uskyld. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onschuld, onbedorvenheid. (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

senkulpeco. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پاکی (Purity), بی گناهی , بی تقصیری , براءت . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

viattomuus, syyttömyys. (various references)

   

French

  

innocence, naïveté (ingenuity), blancheur. (various references)

   

German

  

Unschuld (artlessness, ingenue, virginity), arglosigkeit (artlessness, guilelessness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αθωότητα (guiltlessness). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תמימות (completeness, honesty, integrity, naivety, simplicity), תום (completion, integrity, naivety, perfection, purity, simplicity, wholeness), חפות מפשע, צדיקות (justness, piety, piousness, righteousness), נקיות (cleanness). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ártatlanság (artlessness, naiveté, naivete, naivety). (various references)

   

Italian

  

innocenza. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

無邪気 (simple-mindedness), 無罪 , 潔白  (purity, uprightness), 潔白 (purity, uprightness), 清純 (purity), 天真爛漫 (naivete, simplicity), イノシン酸 (changing one's image, creating a better image, efreet, emergency, Eve, evening, evening dress, event, ichthammol, Ichthyol, image change, image character, image maker, image research, image survey, imagination, imagineering, imitation, immediate, immigration, innocent, innovation, inosinic acid, one's image, ruining one's image, Yves Saint-Laurent). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せいじゅん (legitimate and illegitimate dynasties, normal and leap, purity), むざい, むじゃき (simple-mindedness), イノセンス , けっぱく (purity, uprightness), てんしんらんまん (naivete, simplicity). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

순결. (various references)

   

Manx

  

onid (harmlessness, simplicity, unaffectedness), neuloghtynys (guiltlessness), neuloghtynid (blamelessness, inoffensiveness), neuchyndid (blamelessness, guiltlessness), macainys (naturalness, simple-heartedness, simplicity), macainid (simple-heartedness), gyn loghtynid (blamelessness). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

uskyldighet, uskyld. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

innocenceay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

inocncia, inculpabilidade, simplicidade (abandonment, chastity, frugality, homeliness, modesty, naivety, plainness, simplicity), pureza (chastity, cleanliness, immaculacy, integrity, limpidity, purity, whiteness), candura (candidness, candor, candour, frankness). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

inocenţã (chastity, clean-handedness, guilelessness, guiltlessness), puritate (immaculacy, modesty, purity), nevinovãţie (harmlessness, simplicity), nerozie (oafishness, stupidity), lipsã de culpabilitate, caracter inofensiv, candoare (frankness, sincerity). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

невиновность (guiltiness). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nevinost (virginity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

inocencia (naivety). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oskuld (cherry, virgin, virginity). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ความไร้เดียงสา (purity). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

suçsuzluk (blamelessness), saflık (chastity, credulity, gullibility, ingenuousness, naivete, naivety, purity, refinement, simple-mindedness, trueness), masum olma, günahsızlık (impeccability, sinlessness), cahillik (ignorance, inexperience, nescience). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яazyksyzlyk, bigьnдlik. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

невинуватість (innocency), невинність (chastity, innocency, white), наївність (innocency, naivety). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính vô tội (inculpability, inculpableness, innocency), sự còn trinh tính ngây thơ tính không có hại (innocency), người ngây thơ (babe, innocency). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

puredd (purity), gwiriondeb (bosh, silliness), diniweidrwydd, dieuogrwydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Innocence

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

innocentia, innocentiam. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Innocence

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 20, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOuk autoV moi eipen adelfh mou estin kai auth moi eipen adelfoV mou estin en kaqara kardia kai en dikaiosunh ceirwn epoihsa touto
Latin405VulgateNonne ipse dixit mihi soror mea est et ipsa ait frater meus est in simplicitate cordis mei et munditia manuum mearum feci hoc
Old English990West SaxonHe sylf cwæð to me þæt heo hys swustor wære, ond þæt wif eac sæde ðæt he wære hyre broðor. Ðis ic dyde mid bylewitnysse. [ond clænum handum.]"
Middle English1395WyclifSeide he not to me, my sistir she is, and she seith, my brother he is? In symplenes of myn herte, and clennes of myn hondis I dide this.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleSayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister? yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother? wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this.
Jacobean English1611King JamesSaid he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Victorian English1833WebsterSaid he not to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart, and innocence of my hands have I done this.
Basic English1964OgdenDid he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Innocence

LanguageGenesis Chapter 20, Verse 5
CebuanoWala ba siya sa iyang kaugalingon mag-ingon kanako: Siya akong igsoon nga babaye, ug siya usab nag-ingon: Siya akong igsoon nga lalake? S pagkahingpit sa akong kasingkasing, ug sa pagkahinlo sa akong mga kamot gibuhat ko kini.
CroatianZar mi on nije rekao: 'Ona mi je sestra.' A ona mi je sama rekla: 'On je moj brat.' Èiste sam savjesti i neokaljanih ruku ovo uèinio."
DanishHar han ikke sagt mig, at hun er hans Søster? Og hun selv har også sagt, at han er hendes Broder; i mit Hjertes Troskyldighed og med rene Hænder har jeg gjort dette."
DutchHeeft hij zelf mij niet gezegd: Zij is mijn zuster? en zij, ook zij heeft gezegd: Hij is mijn broeder. In oprechtheid mijns harten en in reinheid mijner handen, heb ik dit gedaan.
FinnishEikö hän itse sanonut minulle: `Hän on minun sisareni`? Ja samoin tämäkin sanoi: `Hän on minun veljeni`. Olen tehnyt tämän vilpittömin sydämin ja viattomin käsin."
FrenchNe m`a-t-il pas dit: C`est ma soeur? et elle-même n`a-t-elle pas dit: C`est mon frère? J`ai agi avec un coeur pur et avec des mains innocentes.
GermanHat er nicht zu mir gesagt: Sie sei seine Schwester? Und sie hat auch gesagt: Er ist mein Bruder. Habe ich doch das getan mit einfältigem Herzen und unschuldigen Händen.
Haitian CreoleSe Abraram ki di m' se sè li Sara ye. Sara pou tèt pa l' di m' se frè li Abraram ye. Mwen fè sa m' fè a san ankenn move lide. Mwen konnen mwen pa fè anyen ki mal.
HungarianAvagy nem õ mondotta-é nékem: én húgom õ; s ez is azt mondotta: én bátyám õ. Szívem ártatlanságában, és kezeim tisztaságában cselekedtem ezt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAbraham sendiri mengatakan bahwa wanita itu adiknya, dan wanita itu berkata demikian juga. Saya telah melakukan hal itu dengan hati nurani yang bersih, jadi aku tidak bersalah."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBukankah Ibrahim sendiri telah berkata kepadaku begini: Perempuan ini saudaraku? dan perempuan itupun sendiri telah berkata demikian: Orang laki-laki ini saudaraku. Maka dengan tulus hatiku dan dengan sesuci-suci tanganku juga telah kuperbuat itu.
ItalianNon mi ha forse detto: E' mia sorella? E anche lei ha detto: E' mio fratello. Con retta coscienza e mani innocenti ho fatto questo».
MaoriKahore ranei ia i mea mai ki ahau, Ko toku tuahine ia? me te wahine hoki, i mea mai ano ia, Ko toku tungane ia: he tapatahi toku ngakau, he harakore hoki oku ringa i mea ai ahau i tenei mea.
NorwegianHar han ikke selv sagt til mig: Hun er min søster? Og hun har også sagt: Han er min bror. I mitt hjertes uskyldighet og med rene hender har jeg gjort dette.
PortugueseNão me disse ele mesmo: É minha irmã? e ela mesma me disse: Ele é meu irmão; na sinceridade do meu coração e na inocência das minhas mãos fiz isto.   
RumanianNu mi -a spus el cq este sorq-sa? Wi n`a zis ea knsqw cq el este frate-squ? Eu am lucrat cu inimq curatq wi cu mkni nevinovate.``
SwedishSade han icke själv till mig: 'Hon är min syster'? Och likaså sade hon: 'Han är min broder.' I mitt hjärtas oskuld och med rena händer har jag gjort detta."

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Innocence

Derivations

Words beginning with "innocence": innocences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Innocence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incence, innocente, innoncence, innosence, inocense. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Innocence"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "innocence" (pronounced i"nusuns)
6-n u s u n sreconnaissance.
5-u s u n sbeneficence, reticence.
4-s u n sabsence, acquiescence, adolescence, convalescence, essence, evanescence, licence, license, luminescence, nuisance, obsolescence, phosphorescence, quintessence, reminiscence, senescence.
3-u n sabstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, abeyance, abhorrence, acquaintance, adherence, admirations, admittance, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, luminance, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, obedience, observance, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Innocence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o"

-3 letters: conine.

-4 letters: conic, conin, niece, ninon, nonce.

-5 letters: cine, cion, coin, cone, coni, conn, icon, nene, neon, nice, nine, none, once.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-e-i-n-n-n-o"
 

+1 letter: continence, innocences, nonscience.

 

+2 letters: continences, contingence, convenience, conveniency, innocencies, nonsciences.

 

+3 letters: concentering, conferencing, contingences, conveniences, incongruence, incontinence, interconnect, reconnecting, reconnection.

 

+4 letters: condescending, condescension, conferencings, contingencies, conveniencies, incongruences, inconsequence, inconsistence, incontinences, inconvenience, inconveniency, interconnects, nonconfidence, nonelectronic, reconnections.

 

+5 letters: condescensions, discountenance, inconsequences, inconsistences, incontinencies, inconvenienced, inconveniences, interconnected, internucleonic, noncoincidence, nonconfidences, nonconsecutive, nonelectronics, overconcerning, reconnaissance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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