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  • 21innocence — noun 1. the quality of innocent naivete (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑artlessness, ↑ingenuousness, ↑naturalness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenuous (for: ↑ingenuousness), ↑ …

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  • 22naturalness — noun 1. the quality of being natural or based on natural principles (Freq. 1) he accepted the naturalness of death the spontaneous naturalness of his manner • Ant: ↑unnaturalness • Derivationally related forms: ↑natural …

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  • 23Frankness — Frank ness, n. The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 24Innocence — In no*cence, n. [F. innocence, L. innocentia. See {Innocent}.] 1. The state or quality of being innocent; freedom from that which is harmful or infurious; harmlessness. [1913 Webster] 2. The state or quality of being morally free from guilt or… …

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  • 25Naivet'e — Na [ i]ve t[ e] , n. [F. See {Na[ i]ve}, and cf. {Nativity}.] The state or quality of being naive. [1913 Webster +PJC] A story which pleases me by its na[ i]vet[ e] that is, by its unconscious ingenuousness. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] n. 1. lack… …

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  • 26childlike — adjective Date: 1586 resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood; especially marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness < childlike delight > • childlikeness noun …

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  • 27ingenuity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1592 1. obsolete candor, ingenuousness 2. a. skill or cleverness in devising or combining ; inventiveness b. cleverness or aptness of design or contrivance 3. an ingenious device or contrivance …

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  • 28ingenuous — I. adjective Etymology: by alteration Date: 1588 obsolete ingenious II. adjective Etymology: Latin ingenuus native, freeborn, from in + gignere to beget more at kin Date: 1588 1 …

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  • 29John Calvin — Barcelona, Spain (1554) Born Jean Cauvin 10 July 1509(1509 07 10) Noyon, Picardy, Kingdom of France …

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  • 30Pope Sixtus IV — Sixtus IV Papacy began August 9, 1471 Papacy ended August 12, 1484 (13 years, 3 days) Predecessor …

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