in-nŏcentĭa (noun F) :
* Harmlessness.
* Lit.: ferorum animalium,Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 201: fumi graveolentis,Pall. 1, 35 med.
* Transf.
* In gen., blamelessness, innocence: est innocentia affectio talis animi, quae noceat nemini,Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16; id. Phil. 3, 10, 25: rigidae innocentiae Cato erat,Liv. 39, 40, 10: sola innocentia vivere,i. e. with no other support,id. 2, 3, 4: mutuā innocentiā tutum esse,where no one seeks to injure another,Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 59.
* In partic., uprightness, integrity, disinterestedness: quantā innocentiā debent esse imperatores,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 36: suam innocentiam (opp. avaritiam) perpetuā vitā esse perspectam,Caes. B, G. 1, 40.
* Collect. concr., innocent persons: innocentiam liberare,Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202.

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