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Also known as guiltlessness, not guilty, innocent, innocence (guiltlessness)

thumb|200px|William-Adolphe Bouguereau|Bouguereau's ''L'Innocence: [[Women, young children, and lambs are all symbols of innocence.]] thumb|Innocence'' by Pierre Paul Prud'hon, Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is prior to the sense of legal guilt and is a primal emotion connected with the sense of self. It is often confused as being the opposite of the guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience.