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Innocence vs Innocuousness - What's the difference?

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Innocence is a synonym of innocuousness.


As nouns the difference between innocence and innocuousness

is that innocence is absence of responsibility for a crime while innocuousness is the condition of being innocuous.

innocence

English

Noun

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  • 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

    innocuousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of being innocuous