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The word "ignorance" used to pertain more to the willful act of ignoring information more than "not knowing" it.  So phrases like "willful ignorance" or "deliberate ignorance" would mean "willful willful not knowing" or "deliberate willful not knowing".

The word "ignorance" used to pertain more to the willful act of ignoring information more than "not knowing" it.  So phrases like "willful ignorance" or "deliberate ignorance" would mean "willful willful not knowing" or "deliberate willful not knowing".

A translation of a 13th century Church doctor completed in the 1920s<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). "Whether ignorance is a sin?". ''Summa Theologica'', translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province (London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne and New York: Benzinger Brothers, 1915), part I of second part, Q. 76, A. 2, Answer.</ref> retains this definition of "ignorance" as ignoring.  As a solution for referring to a lack of knowledge that may or may not be willful, the word "nescience" is used.  However, this word is virtually unknown today.

A translation of a 13th century Church doctor completed in the 1920s<ref>Aquinas, Thomas (1274). "Whether ignorance is a sin?" ''Summa Theologica'', translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province (London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne and New York: Benzinger Brothers, 1915), part I of second part, Q. 76, A. 2, Answer.</ref> retains this definition of "ignorance" as ignoring.  As a solution for referring to a lack of knowledge that may or may not be willful, the word "nescience" is used.  However, this word is virtually unknown today.

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