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I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day.
Jane Grey

Meaning of "innocency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INNOCENCY

innocency  [ˈɪnəsənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INNOCENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Innocency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INNOCENCY


acescency
əˈsɛsənsɪ
alkalescency
ˌælkəˈlɛsənsɪ
circumjacency
ˌsɜːkəmˈdʒeɪsənsɪ
complacency
kəmˈpleɪsənsɪ
convalescency
ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənsɪ
decency
ˈdiːsənsɪ
effervescency
ˌefəˈvesənsɪ
excrescency
ɪkˈskrɛsənsɪ
incandescency
ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənsɪ
indecency
ɪnˈdiːsənsɪ
intumescency
ˌɪntjʊˈmɛsənsɪ
liquescency
lɪˈkwɛsənsɪ
lucency
ˈluːsənsɪ
nascency
ˈneɪsənsɪ
radiolucency
ˌreɪdɪəʊˈluːsənsɪ
recency
ˈriːsənsɪ
reticency
ˈretɪsənsɪ
reviviscency
ˌrɛvɪˈvɪsənsɪ
translucency
trænzˈluːsənsɪ
turgescency
tɜːˈdʒɛsənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INNOCENCY

innocence
innocent
Innocent II
Innocent III
Innocent IV
innocently
innocuity
innocuous
innocuously
innocuousness
innominable
innominate
innominate bone
innovate
innovation
innovational
innovationist
innovative
innovatively
innovativeness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INNOCENCY

adjacency
agency
connascency
consenescency
consistency
currency
efficiency
emergency
erubescency
frequency
gross indecency
interjacency
potency
quiescency
recrudescency
resipiscency
revivescency
subjacency
tendency
transparency

Synonyms and antonyms of innocency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «innocency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INNOCENCY

Find out the translation of innocency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of innocency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «innocency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无辜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inocencia
570 millions of speakers

English

innocency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

innocency
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ببراءة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чист,
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inocência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্দোষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

innocence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bersalah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unschuld
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

innocency
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무죄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Innocency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்றமில்லாமையிலே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरपराधीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

innocenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewinności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистий,
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inocență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αθωότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onskuld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oskuld
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uskyld
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of innocency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INNOCENCY»

The term «innocency» is normally little used and occupies the 122.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INNOCENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about innocency

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QUOTES WITH «INNOCENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word innocency.
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Jane Grey
I do wash my hands in innocency, before God and the face of you, good Christian people this day.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INNOCENCY»

Discover the use of innocency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to innocency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Virgin in Eden; Or, The State of Innocency: Deliver'd by ...
Deliver'd by Way of Image and Description : Presenting a Nobleman, a Student, and Heiress, on Their Progress from Sodom to Canaan : with the Parable of the Shepherd, Zachariah, and Mary ... : to which are Added, Pamela's Letters Proved  ...
Charles Povey, 1741
2
The Lord Russel's Innocency Further Defended: By Way of ...
By Way of Reply to an Answer, Entituled, The Magistracy and Government of England Vindicated Sir Robert Atkyns. Advertisernent. - K THere are lately Printed for Timothy Goodwin, at the Maidenhead a I _ gain}? St. Dunstan's Church in ...
Sir Robert Atkyns, 1689
3
Wits Common-wealth:, Or, A Treasury of Divine, Moral, ...
The heart pricked with desire of wrong, maketh sick the innocency of the soul, Richcsmd honour are broken pillers, but Innocency 15 an unmoving column. * r= nj Imxoeeney and prudence, are two anchots, that cannot be. torn upby any temgfst ...
Nicholas Ling, John Bodenham, 1722
4
Exposition of the Old and New Testament
God, as a tender Father, consulted not only Adam's profit, but his pleasure ; for there is a pleasure consistent with innocency, nay, there is a true and transcendent pleasure in innocency. God delights in the prosperity of his servants , ...
Matthew Henry, J.B Williams, 1828
5
The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation. ...
There is a certain validity in the perennial inclination of men to focus upon the past, whether in terms of the prehistory of the human race, or in terms of some imagined innocency and simplicity in the life of their own nation, as symbol of the  ...
Reinhold Niebuhr, 1943
6
Innocency and Truth Vindicated; An Account of What Hath ...
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Laurence Braddon, 2010
7
Innocency and Truth Vindicated: An Account of what Hath ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Laurence Braddon, P. V., 2010
8
Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature
[Lit. Year Book.] London, 1920 INNOCENCY (the) and conscientiousness of the Quakers asserted and cleared from the evil surmises, false aspersions, and unrighteous suggestions of Judge Kealing expressed in his speech ... in the Old Baily.
Samuel Halkett, 1971
9
A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare
Innocence and innocency, &c. King Richard III. iii. 5,“ God, and our innocence, defend and'guard us ! ” So, if I mistake not, Johnson, Steevens, and Reid. Others, with the folio (p. 190, col. 1), [and, I believe, the quartos. Ed] have innocency (fol.
Will. Sidney Walker, 1860
10
Christopher Marlowe
I offer up this wicked traitor's bead; And let these tears, distilling from mine eyes, Be witness of my grief and innocency. This scene of state must be played slowly and formally since both the head and the hearse need to be introduced with all ...
Malcolm Miles Kelsall, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INNOCENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term innocency is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Church must not promote the idea that marriage is a fairy tale
... which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
2
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur in the …
The biopic is about Dalbir Kaur Singh, Sarbjit's sister who fought and struggled, until the end, to try and prove her brother's innocency, get him ... «Blasting News, Jun 15»
3
Russian Plans to Supply S-300s to Iran - What Does it Portend?
A thousand names could have sufficed, but he had to draw upon such obscurity and innocency, as to make the reader scurry away briefly to ... «Arutz Sheva, Apr 15»
4
A famous poet's advice for college graduates in this 177-year-old …
When in innocency, or when by intellectual perception, he attains to say, — 'I love the Right; Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore. «Business Insider, Apr 15»
5
Break with Highlands tradition slammed by Westminster candidate
... are being targeted in so many ways that the Scottish Christian Party aims to restore innocency to childhood, both in school and in the market. «Strathspey and Badenoch Herald, Apr 15»
6
The crooked wisdom of Francis Bacon's Essays - reflection
'It is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocency, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent.' Royal College of Psychiatrists. «British Journal of Psychiatry, Nov 14»
7
When the Last of the Great Auks Died, It Was by the Crush of a …
Likewise, in 1622, Captain Richard Whitbourne said sailors harvested the auks “by hundreds at a time as if God had made the innocency of so ... «Smithsonian, Jul 14»
8
Superpowers Don't Get to Retire
They yearn to return to what Niebuhr called “the innocency of irresponsibility,” or at least to a normalcy in which the United States can limit the ... «The New Republic, May 14»
9
SEA CHANGE IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION - Stephen Noll
... honourable estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church. «Virtue Online, Oct 13»
10
'The importance of light when we see darkness'
My roommate and I quickly moved on, not running away but quietly praying about our innocency and protection in this neighborhood. We knew ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 13»

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