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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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Perhaps, as with other technology, it brings a loss of innocence.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

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

“The novel is very much about the loss of innocence of these children. Aaron has made it also about Atticus’ loss of innocence.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

More than the loss of innocence, it was the wanton destruction of innocence that most concerned him thematically.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

What riches, or honours, or pleasures, can make us amends for the loss of innocence?

From Joseph Andrews Vol 1 by Fielding, Henry

loss of innocence

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