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loss of innocence

NOUN

fault

Synonyms

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blunder crime defect error failing flaw guilt indiscretion lapse liability misconduct miscue misdeed negligence offense omission oversight responsibility transgression weakness wrong wrongdoing

STRONG

accountability answerability culpability delinquency dereliction foible frailty impropriety inaccuracy infirmity malfeasance malpractice misdemeanor onus slip slipup solecism trespass vice

WEAK

evildoing peccancy

Antonyms

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accuracy advantage behavior care correction good deed irresponsibility kindness obedience perfection remembrance right strength strong point success

STRONG

correctness propriety

WEAK

benefit blessing good soundness

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The lyrics contemplate the fleeting nature of time and the loss of innocence, set against the backdrop of a love affair that's hit the rocks.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

“Fast Forward” was about the early loss of innocence in the ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

For MJ, there is a lingering of guilt and shame because Brandi was robbed of what would have surely been happy memories, now tainted by a fundamental loss of innocence, all under her watch.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2024

It all ends tragically, of course, and one finds oneself mourning for the boy’s loss of innocence as much as for the doomed characters.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

I was now fourteen; it is the misery of man that he arrives at understanding through the loss of innocence.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

loss of innocence

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