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Polish
Etymology
From niewinny + -ość.
Pronunciation
Noun
niewinność f
- innocence, guiltlessness (absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.)
- domniemanie niewinności ― presumption of innocence
- innocence, naïveté (lack of understanding or experience of sensitive subjects)
- Synonym: naiwność
- chastity, purity, virginity, sinlessness
- Synonyms: bezgrzeszność, cnotliwość, czystość, dziewictwo, nieskazitelność
- insignificance, triviality, innocuousness, harmlessness (quality of lacking deep or injurious meaning)
- Synonyms: błahość, nieistotność, nieszkodliwość, nieważkość, nieważność, trywialność
- (usually ironic) innocent (person who is or pretends to be innocent)
- Synonyms: niewiniątko, świętoszek, trusia
Declension
Further reading
- niewinność in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- niewinność in Polish dictionaries at PWN