Naivete (9)
I believe the answer is:
innocence
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">naivete</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that innocence is a type of naivete)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for innocence that I've seen before include "Uncorrupted state" , "Lack of guilt" , "lack of conviction" , "Naivety" , "Guilelessness" .)