English-Finnish translations for innocence

• syyttömyys
  Tavanomaisessa oikeusjärjestelmässähän on todistettava syyllisyys eikä syyttömyys. In a normal system of law, it is guilt, and not innocence, that needs to be proved.
• vaarattomuus
• viattomuus

Definition of innocence

• Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc
• Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime
• Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage
• Imbecility; mental deficiency

Examples

• Her attorney managed to convince the jury of her innocence
• In his innocence, he offered the stranger to bring the package to Paris, never suspecting it contained drugs
• Tests have demonstrated the innocence of this substance

Related words

• innocent
• innocently
• innocent not guilty not proven
• innocent as the child unborn
• innocent person
• innocent as a lamb
• innocent as a newborn babe
• presumption of innocence
• Day of the Holy Innocents