innocency

American  

[in-uh-suhn-see] / ˈɪn ə sən si /

noun

plural

innocencies

1. innocence.

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Etymology

Origin of innocency

1325–75; Middle English; variant of innocence; -ency

Example Sentences

So did a strange feeling of national "innocency."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dost thou hear, Hal? thou knowest in the state of innocency Adam fell; and what should poor Jack Falstaff do in the days of villainy?

From Time Magazine Archive

There are other evils of great magnitude, which strip off the mask of innocency from this frivolous and sinful amusement.

From A Discourse on the Evils of Dancing by Mesick, John F.

Compurgation, kom-pur-gā′shun, n. the custom, in Anglo-Saxon law, of permitting the accused to call in witnesses to prove his innocency, by joining their oaths to his: evidence in favour of the accused: vindication.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Lionel Wafer also, who lived many months among the Indians of the Isthmus, speaks highly of the modesty, kindness of disposition, and innocency, of the Darien women. 9th.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James