noun
1 being not guilty of a crime, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ total
VERB + INNOCENCE
▪ declare , proclaim , profess
▪
The prisoners passionately proclaimed their ~ in front of the jury.
▪ claim , plead
▪
She claimed total ~ of all charges.
▪ maintain
▪
He has maintained his ~ throughout the trial.
▪ protest
▪
Hayes has protested his ~ throughout the case.
▪ demonstrate , establish , prove
▪ be convinced of
▪
She was convinced of her son's ~.
PHRASES
▪ in all ~
▪
I asked her the question in all ~. I didn't know it was going to upset her.
▪ the presumption of ~ ( law )
2 lack of knowledge/experience
ADJECTIVE
▪ childish , childlike , wide-eyed , youthful
▪ childhood
▪ lost
▪ complete , pure
▪ sweet
▪ injured
▪
She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured ~.
▪ apparent
▪ false , feigned , mock
VERB + INNOCENCE
▪ lose
▪
He had lost the ~ of childhood.
▪ retain
▪ take advantage of
▪
She had taken advantage of his ~.
▪ feign
PREPOSITION
▪ in your ~
▪
In her ~, she had allowed the man into her house.
▪ with … ~
▪
He grinned with apparent ~.
▪ ~ about
▪
There is an ~ about the story.
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~
▪
There was a touching air of ~ about the boy.
▪ a look of ~ , the picture of ~
▪
‘You cheated!’ ‘I what?’ asked David, the picture of ~ (= pretending to look innocent) .
▪ a state of ~