ignorance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the lack of knowledge or education

WordNet

Ig"no*rance noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. ignorantia.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913