ignorance
- 01 C2 Proficiency
wrong actions that happen because you did not know the rules or the truth.
sins or errors committed through a lack of knowledge rather than through malice.
Simple“The priest prayed for those who had committed sins in their ignorance.”
In context“The legal defense argued that the defendant's actions were mere ignorances of the complex regulatory framework rather than a deliberate attempt to defraud the public.”
“When people resist using AI, rather than fear or ignorance, they may be expressing what they value.”
“The American Association of People with Disabilities told NPR that such a shift would “drag our nation back to a dark and shameful era of ignorance and cruelty”.”
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.