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nocency

UK/ˈnəʊ.sən.si/US/ˈnoʊ.sən.si/

nocency noun: guilt; transgression.

Noun

nocency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Guilt; transgression.
    • Somhampton was beſt truſted in that, for he had been verſed in queſtions and anſwers, under the nocency of Eſſex Treaſon; […]1656, William Sanderson, “The Reign and Death of King James, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, the Firſt, &c.”, in A Compleat History of the Lives and Reigns of Mary Queen of Scotland, And of...
    • Firſt, Becauſe the Commiſſioners had a Power to declare whether the Lands had been forfeited or not, […] then they would make no Declaration of the Nocency or Innocency of the Perſons holding the Lands, […]1734, Jeffrey Gilbert, “Devit, Leſſee of Cowper, verſus the College of Dublin, in Ejectment”, in Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Decreed in the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, Chiefly in the...

Origin of nocency

Learned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, guilty”). Doublet of nuisance.

Questions about nocency

What does nocency mean?
Nocency means guilt; transgression.
What part of speech is nocency?
Nocency is a noun.
How do you pronounce nocency?
Nocency is pronounced /ˈnəʊ.sən.si/ (UK).

Words near nocency in the dictionary

  1. noceffector
  2. noceffectors
  3. Nocella
  4. Nocellas
  5. nocence
  6. nocency
  7. nocent
  8. nocently
  9. nocents
  10. Nocera Inferiore
  11. Noces

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