Ignorant

ig′nō-rant, adj. without knowledge: uninstructed: unacquainted with: resulting from want of knowledge: ( Shak. ) unconscious: ( Shak. ) undiscovered.— n. Ig′norance , state of being ignorant: want of knowledge—in R.C. theol. vincible or wilful ignorance is such as one might be fairly expected to overcome, hence it can never be an excuse for sin, whether of omi ion or of commi ion; while invincible ignorance, which a man could not help or abate, altogether excuses from guilt: ( pl. ) in Litany, sins committed through ignorance.— adv. Ig′norantly .— n. Ignorā′tion . [Fr.,—L. ignorans , -antis , pr.p. of ignorāre . See Ignore .]