conviction
Americannoun
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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.
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the act of convicting someone, as in a court of law; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
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the state of being convicted.
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the act of convincing a person by argument or evidence.
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the state of being convinced.
- Antonyms:
- uncertainty, doubt
noun
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the state or appearance of being convinced
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a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
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the act of convincing
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the act or an instance of convicting or the state of being convicted
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to be convincing
Related Words
See belief.
Other Word Forms
- convictional adjective
- nonconviction noun
- preconviction noun
- proconviction adjective
- reconviction noun
Etymology
Origin of conviction
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Late Latin convictiōn-, stem of convictiō “proof (of guilt)” from convict(us) “convinced, conquered” (past participle of convincere; convince ) + -iō -ion ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The county then learned of Knox’s previous conviction but went on to award the nonprofit a second contract in August 2024, Stephan said.
From Los Angeles Times
Armed with this conviction, the “American Hustle” star soon joined forces with Tim McCormick, who at the time was working on building foster care housing aimed at keeping siblings together in Chicago.
From MarketWatch
He was released three years later after the conviction was reduced to manslaughter.
From BBC
He shared many of the optimistic sentiments, if not the policy convictions, of the late Republican supply-sider Jack Kemp.
In a podcast broadcast Tuesday, Hoffmann-Burchardi outlined her conviction that answering the question how AI capital expenditure will be turned into profits is becoming more difficult.
From MarketWatch
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