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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: ignorance n : the lack of knowledge or education
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