Question

the judge said that he was innocent

use innocence

Answer 1

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Innocence was the word described by the judge for him.
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Answer 2

Explanation:

Innocence was the term used by the judge for him. The given sentence is written in direct speech and you can convert it into indirect speech. Direct speech and indirect speeches are the two different ways to reporting a statement of a person. But in the case of indirect speech, you cannot use quotation. you can remove the quatation marks from the direct speech to make them indirect speech.