in ‧ no ‧ cence /ˈɪnəs ə ns/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ innocence , ↑ innocent ; adverb : ↑ innocently ; adjective : ↑ innocent ]
1 . the fact of being not guilty of a crime OPP guilt :
Can you prove your innocence?
protest/maintain your innocence (=say repeatedly that you are not guilty)
The prisoners continued to protest their innocence.
2 . lack of experience of life or of knowledge of the bad things in the world:
In our innocence, we believed everything we were told.
the innocence of childhood
3 . in all innocence if you do or say something in all innocence, you have no intention of doing harm or of offending anyone