English-Portuguese translations for innocence

• inocência
  Perderam há muito a inocência. They lost their innocence ages ago.
  Na minha opinião, goza da presunção de inocência. In my view, he enjoys a presumption of innocence.
  Todavia, Tenzin Deleg sempre sustentou a sua inocência. However, Tenzin Delek has always maintained his innocence.

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