[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ignorance \ig"norance\, n. f., fr. l. ignorantia.
   1. the condition of being ignorant; the lack of knowledge in
      general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state
      of being uneducated or uninformed.
      1913 webster

            ignorance is the curse of god,
            knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   invincible ignorance theol., ignorance beyond the
      individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not
      responsible before god.
      1913 webster
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