'Nescience' definitions:

Definition of 'nescience'

From: WordNet
noun
Ignorance (especially of orthodox beliefs) [syn: ignorantness, nescience, unknowing, unknowingness]

Definition of 'Nescience'

From: GCIDE
  • Nescience \Nes"cience\, n. [L. nescientia, fr. nesciens, p. pr. of nescire not to know; ne not + scire to know.] Want of knowledge; ignorance; agnosticism. [1913 Webster]
  • God fetched it about for me, in that absence and nescience of mine. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]