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بَراءَة
innocence /baˈraː.ʔa/
nounB2#4372 most common
Also: acquittal, patent (as in براءة اختراع), exoneration
Example sentences
البَراءَةُ جَميلَةٌ.
Innocence is beautiful.
أُحِبُّ بَراءَةَ الأَطْفالِ.
I love the innocence of children.
أَثْبَتَ المُحامي بَراءَةَ مُوَكِّلِهِ.
The lawyer proved his client's innocence.
أَصْدَرَتِ المَحْكَمَةُ حُكْمًا بِبَراءَةِ المُتَّهَمِ.
The court issued a ruling of the defendant's acquittal.
حَصَلَ المُخْتَرِعُ عَلى بَراءَةِ اخْتِراعٍ جَديدَةٍ.
The inventor obtained a new patent.
عَلى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الأَدِلَّةِ الظَّرْفِيَّةِ، تَمَسَّكَ المُتَّهَمُ بِبَراءَتِهِ حَتّى صُدورِ الحُكْمِ النِّهائِيِّ.
Despite the circumstantial evidence, the defendant held to his innocence until the final verdict was issued.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَراءَةٌ | بَراءاتٌ |
| Genitive | بَراءَةٍ | بَراءاتٍ |
| Accusative | بَراءَةً | بَراءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بَراءَةُ | يا بَراءاتُ |
Word family
بَريءinnocent
أَبْرَأَto acquit, exonerate, discharge a debt
تَبَرَّأَto disown, dissociate oneself from
إِبْراءdischarge, release from obligation
بَراءَةُ اخْتِراعٍpatent
Etymology
بَراءَة is the verbal noun of the Form I verb بَرِئَ, meaning to be free, clear, or absolved of something, whether guilt, blame, or a debt. The root ب ر أ carries the core sense of separation or release from a burden. Over time the word extended from moral and legal innocence to formal instruments of release, such as a patent, which frees an inventor's claim from dispute.
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