ignorance (n.)
negligence, obtuseness, lack of understanding
Cor III.i.98[Coriolanus to Senators, of Sicinius] If he have power, / Then vail your ignorance [i.e. let your ignorant selves bow down before him]
Cor III.iii.129[Coriolanus to Plebeians] Your ignorance ... deliver you / As most abated captives
Cor IV.vi.106[Cominius to Brutus, of the regions] who resists / Are mocked for valiant ignorance
Cor V.ii.39[First Watch to Menenius] in a violent popular ignorance given your enemy your shield
KL IV.v.9[Regan to Oswald, of Gloucester] It was great ignorance ... / To let him live
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