convicted
adjective
proven or declared guilty of an offense, especially after a legal trial.
self-convicted
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a word derived from
convicted.
Example Sentences
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She broke in upon his protest, which was none the less horrified for being self-convicted.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
They gave, says his most devoted biographer, no more heed to his dying entreaties than they would have given to the whine of a self-convicted beggar.
From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by Justin McCarthy
He stood speechless, motionless, self-convicted; and had all lain with him, all had been known.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
In serving Bowen his attitude was that of one self-convicted of unworthiness.
From Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert George Jenkins
He had not been more successful in his creation than Nature herself, he was forced to admit, but while looking at Mrs. Thatcher he experienced the mortifying sensation of being a self-convicted bigamist.
From The Bachelors A Novel by William Dana Orcutt
