different between celibacy vs innocence

English

Alternative forms

• cælibacy (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin caelibatus (“celibacy, a single life”), perfect passive participle of caelibare, from caelebs (“unmarried”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?l?b?si/

Noun

celibacy (countable and uncountable, plural celibacies)

1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
2. (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.

Synonyms

• sexlessness

Related terms

• celibate

Translations

See also

• abstinence
• asexuality
• chaste
• chastity
• purity
• bachelordom

Further reading

• celibacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• celibacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

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Etymology

Old French inocence, from Latin innocentia. Displaced native Old English uns?yld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?sn?s/

Noun

innocence (countable and uncountable, plural innocences)

1. Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.

   Synonym: unguilt

   Antonym: guilt

2. Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.

   Synonym: naivety

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:innocence.

3. Lack of ability or intention to harm or damage.

   Synonym: harmlessness

   Antonym: harmfulness

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:innocence.
4. (obsolete) Imbecility; mental deficiency.

Related terms

• innocent

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French inocence, a borrowing from Latin innocentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n?.s??s/

Noun

innocence f (plural innocences)

1. innocence

Derived terms

• présomption d'innocence

Related terms

• innocent

Further reading

• “innocence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).