Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ignorance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ignorance \Ig"no*rance\, n. [F., fr. L. ignorantia.]
1. The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in
general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state
of being uneducated or uninformed.
Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing
wherewith we fly to heaven. --Shak.
2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge
which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. --Book
of Common Prayer.
{Invincible ignorance} (Theol.), ignorance beyond the
individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not
responsible before God.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ignorance
n : the lack of knowledge or education
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