HJ-Pinnelipe
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Definition of innocence from "The Free Dictionary":
1. The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, as:
a. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
b. Guiltlessness of a specific legal crime or offense.
c. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.
d. Lack of worldliness or sophistication; naiveté.
e. Lack of knowledge or understanding; ignorance.
f. Freedom from harmfulness; inoffensiveness.
I'd have to say children show these qualities more than adults.
And I used infants and adults as extremes on a spectrum. Now..Look at the spectrum and you can see children would be closer to an infant than an adult. We don't suddenly bump up into "kill me" status. We slowly grow throughout our lives, and we do things. An adult would have naturally done more and seen more than a child, and so they are considered less innocent than a child because they are not "unknowing".
1. The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, as:
a. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
b. Guiltlessness of a specific legal crime or offense.
c. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.
d. Lack of worldliness or sophistication; naiveté.
e. Lack of knowledge or understanding; ignorance.
f. Freedom from harmfulness; inoffensiveness.
I'd have to say children show these qualities more than adults.
And I used infants and adults as extremes on a spectrum. Now..Look at the spectrum and you can see children would be closer to an infant than an adult. We don't suddenly bump up into "kill me" status. We slowly grow throughout our lives, and we do things. An adult would have naturally done more and seen more than a child, and so they are considered less innocent than a child because they are not "unknowing".