Ignorance
Ignorance , noun
[French, from Latin 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.
Ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
2.
(Theology) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. — Book of Common Prayer
Collocations (1)
Invincible ignorance (Theology) , ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.