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Main Entry:
innocence [in-uh-suhns]
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
above suspicion, arcadian, artless, blameless, bloodguiltless, blunt, candid, clear, direct, dove, faultless, frank, guileless, guiltless, harmless, harmless as doves, honest, immaculate, impeccant, inartificial, inculpable, indefectible, inerrable, ingenit, ingenuous, innocent, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, irreprehensible, irreproachable, irreprovable, lamb, native, natural, naïve, not guilty, open, pauciplicate, plain, pure, salvable, saturnian, simple, sincere, sinless, spotless, stainless, straightforward, unaffected, unblamable, unblemished, unculpable, undefiled, undesigning, unerring, unexceptionable, unflattering, unguilty, unhardened, unimpeachable, unimpeached, unobjectionable, unpoetical, unreproached, unreproved, unreserved, unsophisticated, unspotted, unstudied, untutored, venial, virtuous
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Concept: [Capability of producing good. Good qualities.] Goodness.
Category: 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience
Synonyms:
-nouns
goodness; excellence, merit; virtue; value, worth, price., superexcellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A1, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, cock of the roost, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy., tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis, one in a thousand., beneficence; good man.
-verbs
be beneficial; produce good, do good [more]; profit (be of use); benefit; confer a benefit., be the making of, do a world of good, make a man of., produce a good effect; do a good turn, confer an obligation; improve., do no harm, break no bones., be good; excel, transcend (be superior); bear away the bell., stand the proof, stand the test; pass muster, pass an examination., challenge comparison, vie, emulate, rival.
-adjectives
harmless, hurtless; unobnoxious, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive., beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable (useful); advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary (healthful)., favorable; propitious (hope-giving) [more]; fair., good, good as gold; excellent; better; superior; above par; nice, fine; genuine (true)., best, choice, select, picked, elect, recherche, rare, priceless; unparagoned, unparalleled (supreme); superlatively; good; bully, crackerjack, crackajack, giltedged; superfine, superexcellent; of the first water; first-rate, first-class; high-wrought, exquisite, very best, crack, prime, tiptop, capital, cardinal; standard (perfect); inimitable.
-adverbs
beneficially; well.
-phrases
"Jewels five words long" [Tennyson]; "long may such goodness live!" [Rogers]; "the luxury of doing good" [Goldsmith].
Antonyms: badness
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Concept: Innocence.
Category: 3. Moral conditions
Synonyms:
-nouns
innocence; guiltlessness; incorruption, impeccability., clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti [Vergil]., innocent, lamb, dove.
-verbs
be innocent; nil conscire sibi nulla pallescere culpa [Horace]., acquit; exculpate (vindicate).
-adjectives
innocent, not guilty; unguilty; guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless; clear, immaculate; rectus in curia; unspotted, unblemished, unerring; undefiled; unhardened, Saturnian; Arcadian (artless)., inculpable, unculpable; unblamed, unblamable; blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion; irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible; unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable; salvable; venial., harmless; inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous; dove-like, lamb-like; pure, harmless as doves; innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn; "more sinned against than sinning" [Lear]., virtuous; unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached.
-adverbs
innocently; with clean hands; with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience.
-phrases
murus aeneus conscientia sana [Horace].
Antonyms: guilt
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Concept: Order.
Category: 1. ORDER
Synonyms:
-nouns
order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo; music of the spheres., gradation, progression; series (continuity)., subordination; course, even tenor, routine; method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline; orderliness., rank, place (term).
-verbs
be in order, become in order; form, fall in, draw up; arrrange itself, range itself, place itself; fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank; rally round., adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize.
-adjectives
orderly, regular; in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; arranged.
-adverbs
in order; methodically; in turn, in its turn; step by step; by regular steps, by gradations, by stages, by intervals; seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim; at stated periods (periodically).
-phrases
natura non facit saltum; "order is heaven's first law" [Pope]; "order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]; ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca
Antonyms: disorder
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Concept: Veracity.
Synonyms:
-nouns
veracity; truthfulness, frankness; truth, sincerity, candor, honesty, fidelity; plain dealing, bona fides; love of truth; probity; ingenuousness (artlessness)., the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth; honest truth, sober truth (fact) [more]; unvarnished tale; light of truth.
-verbs
speak the truth, tell the truth; speak by the card; paint in its true colors, show oneself in one's true colors; make a clean breast (disclose); speak one's mind (be blunt) [more]; not lie, not deceive [more].
-adjectives
truthful, true; veracious, veridical; scrupulous (honorable); sincere, candid, frank, open, straightforward, unreserved; open hearted, true hearted, simple-hearted; honest, trustworthy; undissembling (dissemble [more]); guileless, pure; truth-loving; unperjured; true blue, as good as one's word; unaffected, unfeigned, bona fide; outspoken, ingenuous (artless); undisguised (real).
-adverbs
truly (really); in plain words; in truth, with truth, of a truth, in good truth; as the dial to the sun, as the needle to the pole; honor bright; troth; in good sooth, in good earnest; unfeignedly, with no nonsense, in sooth, sooth to say, bona fide, in foro conscientiae; without equivocation; cartes sur table, from the bottom of one's heart; by my troth (affirmation).
-phrases
di il vero a affronterai il diavolo; Dichtung und Wahrheit; esto guod esse videris; magna est veritas et praevalet; "that golden key that opes the palace of eternity" [Milton]; veritas odium parit; veritatis simplex oratio est; verite sans peur.
Antonyms: falsehood; untruth; deception
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Concept: Virtue.
Category: 3. Moral conditions
Synonyms:
-nouns
virtue; virtuousness; morality; moral rectitude; integrity (probity); nobleness., morals; ethics (duty); cardinal virtues., merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit; self-control (resolution) [more]; self-denial (temperance) [more]., well-doing; good actions, good behavior; discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty; well-spent life; innocence.
-verbs
be virtuous; practice virtue; do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty; redeem one's pledge [more]; act well, act one's part; fight the good fight; acquit oneself well; command one's passions, master one's passions; keep in the right path., set an example, set a good example; be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior.
-adjectives
virtuous, good; innocent; meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct; dutiful, duteous; moral; right, righteous, right-minded; well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy; above all praise, beyond all praise; excellent, admirable; sterling, pure, noble; whole-souled., exemplary; matchless, peerless; saintly, saint-like; heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike.
-adverbs
virtuously, e merito.
-phrases
esse quam videri bonus malebat [Sallust]; Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht; "virtue the greatest of all monarchies" [Swift]; virtus laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; virtus
Antonyms: vice
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Concept: Repute.
Category: 4. Extrinsic Affections; personal affections derived from the opinions or feelings of others)
Synonyms:
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distinction, mark, name, figure; repute, reputation; good repute, high repute; note, notability, notoriety, eclat., "the bubble reputation" [As You Like It], vogue, celebrity; fame, famousness; renown; popularity, aura popularis; approbation; credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town; name to conjure with., glory, honor; luster (light); illustriousness; fifteen minutes of fame., account, regard, respect; reputableness; respectability (probity); good name, good report; fair name., dignity; stateliness; solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity., rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status; position, position in society; order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition., greatness; eminence; height; importance; preeminence, supereminence; high mightiness, primacy; top of the ladder, top of the tree., elevation; ascent; superaltation, exaltation; dignification, aggrandizement. dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification., hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody; classman; man of rank (nobleman); pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community., chief (master); first fiddle (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels (trophy)., memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lucan].
-verbs
be conscious of glory; be proud of (pride); exult (boast); be vain of (vanity)., be distinguished; shine (light); shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash., rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow., live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor , acquire honor; play first fiddle (be of importance), bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions (approbation) [more]; take one's degree, pass one's examination., make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head., enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity., consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel., confer honor on, reflect honor on; shed a luster on; redound.to one's honor, ennoble., give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to (approve); lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate.
-adjectives
distinguished, distingue, noted; of note; honored; popular; fashionable., in good odor in; favor, in high favor; reputable, respectable, creditable., remarkable (important); notable, notorious; celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of; famous, famed; far-famed; conspicuous, to the front; foremost; in the front rank, in the ascendant., imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius; time-honored.
Antonyms: disrepute
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