nocence/ˈnəʊ.səns/EtymologyLearned borrowing from Latin nocentia (“guilt, transgression”), from nocēns (“harmful, guilty”). Doublet of nuisance.nocence means guilt; transgression. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.nocence is pronounced /ˈnəʊ.səns/.nounGuilt; transgression.“The iniquities of theſe dayes are not aſhamed to ſhew their faces; but vvalke the ſtreets without feare of a Serieant, The ſinnes of the Citie are as pert and apert as the ſonnes of the Citie. I would Iniquitie was not bolder then Honeſtie; or that Innocence might ſpeed no worſe then Nocence.”