- Artlessness
- Gullibility
- Innocence
- Starry eyed innocence
- Upset native - why? It's simple inexperience
- Naivete.
- A defence
- A defence in court
- Ad lib, I must get Dee out to provide defence
- An excuse
- An excuse, informally
- As a Liberal Party member I have a witness to my innocence
- Back-up story