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loss of innocence

NOUN

fault

Synonyms

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blunder crime defect error failing flaw guilt indiscretion lapse liability misconduct miscue misdeed negligence offense omission oversight responsibility transgression weakness wrong wrongdoing

STRONG

accountability answerability culpability delinquency dereliction foible frailty impropriety inaccuracy infirmity malfeasance malpractice misdemeanor onus slip slipup solecism trespass vice

WEAK

evildoing peccancy

Antonyms

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accuracy advantage behavior care correction good deed irresponsibility kindness obedience perfection remembrance right strength strong point success

STRONG

correctness propriety

WEAK

benefit blessing good soundness

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Perhaps, as with other technology, it brings a loss of innocence.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

“Fast Forward” was about the early loss of innocence in the ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

It all ends tragically, of course, and one finds oneself mourning for the boy’s loss of innocence as much as for the doomed characters.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

Both your feature and your short featuring Julija are films about the loss of innocence.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2022

He is such a prelate as we know historically in enough instances; but he is pathetic in that simplicity which survives in him and almost makes good the loss of innocence in Latin souls.

From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Gillespie, Mrs. W. A.

loss of innocence

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