Collocations for innocence - noun

total

declare, proclaim, profess
The prisoners passionately proclaimed their innocence in front of the jury.

claim, plead
She claimed total innocence of all charges.

maintain
He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

protest
Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case.

demonstrate, establish, prove
be convinced of
She was convinced of her son's innocence.

in all innocence
I asked her the question in all innocence. I didn't know it was going to upset her.

the presumption of innocence (law)

childish, childlike, wide-eyed, youthful
childhood
lost
complete, pure
sweet
injured
She replied to her father's accusations in tones of injured innocence.

apparent
false, feigned, mock

lose
He had lost the innocence of childhood.

retain
take advantage of
She had taken advantage of his innocence.

feign

in your innocence
In her innocence, she had allowed the man into her house.

with … innocence
He grinned with apparent innocence.

innocence about
There is an innocence about the story.

an air of innocence
There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.

a look of innocence, the picture of innocence
‘You cheated!’ ‘I what?’ asked David, the picture of innocence (= pretending to look innocent).

a state of innocence