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Celibacy vs Innocence - What's the difference?

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Celibacy is a related term of innocence.


As nouns the difference between celibacy and innocence

is that celibacy is abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried while innocence is absence of responsibility for a crime.

celibacy

English

(wikipedia celibacy)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(-)
  • Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
  • Abstaining from sexual relations.

    • Related terms

    * celibate

    See also

    * abstinence * asexuality * chaste * chastity * purity * bachelordom

    External links

    * *

    innocence

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Absence of responsibility for a crime.
  • Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

    • Antonyms

    * (absence of responsibility for a crime) guilt * (absence of ability to harm) harmfulness

    Synonyms

    * (lack of sensitive subjects) naivety * (absence of ability to harm) harmlessness * (freedom from guilt) unguilt, unguiltness

    Related terms

    * innocent