ignorance
n. US //ˈɪɡnɝəns// UK //ˈɪɡnəɹəns// ig·no·rance
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1 unintentional mistakes (n.) C2 Proficiency Formal Archaic Religionwrong 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.
ExampleThe priest prayed for those who had committed sins in their ignorance.
ExampleThe 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.
From Middle English ignoraunce, ignorance, from From Old French ignorance, from Latin ignōrantia. By surface analysis, ignor(e) + -ance.
- Nounignorance
- Adjectiveignorant