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conviction
[ kuhn-vik-shuhn ]
noun
- a fixed or firm belief:
No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- the act of convicting someone, as in a court of law; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
- the state of being convicted.
- the act of convincing a person by argument or evidence.
- the state of being convinced.
Antonyms: uncertainty, doubt
conviction
/ kənˈvɪkʃən /
noun
- the state or appearance of being convinced
- a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
- the act of convincing
- the act or an instance of convicting or the state of being convicted
- carry convictioncarry conviction to be convincing
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Derived Forms
- conˈvictional, adjective
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Other Words From
- con·viction·al adjective
- noncon·viction noun
- precon·viction noun
- procon·viction adjective
- recon·viction noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conviction1
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Idioms and Phrases
see courage of one's convictions .Discover More
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Example Sentences
They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
In January, an appeal hearing will determine whether he qualifies for post-conviction relief.
Still, his conviction will restart a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions.
Vasquez, who has borderline ID, was exonerated in 1989, four years after his conviction.
He acknowledged the theories but his voice lacked conviction.
Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
The only thing that at all tended to shake this conviction, was the extraordinary poltroonery of our new captive.
It was their firm conviction that the system under which we live was, in its broad outline, a system of even justice.
To-day he seemed to speak the words with a conviction that was not usual, with some curious under-meaning.
Natives join them from various motives, for it would be venturesome to assert that they are all moved by religious conviction.
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