Collocations for innocence - noun

total

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

claim
She claimed total innocence of all charges.

protest
Hayes has protested his innocence throughout the case.

demonstrate, establish, prove | be convinced of
The solicitors were convinced of his innocence and urged him to appeal the conviction.

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)

childlike, wide-eyed | lost | injured
She replied to her father''s accusations in tones of injured innocence.

apparent | mock

lose
He had lost the innocence of childhood.

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

in your ~
In his innocence he had allowed the salesman in to discuss vacuum cleaners.

with … ~
He grinned with apparent 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