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con·vic·tion  (kn-vkshn)
n.
1. Law
a. The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged.
b. The state of being found or proved guilty: evidence that led to the suspect's conviction.
2.
a. The act or process of convincing.
b. The state of being convinced. See Synonyms at certainty.
3. A fixed or strong belief. See Synonyms at opinion.

con·viction·al adj.

conviction
Noun
1. a firmly held belief or opinion
2. an instance of being found guilty of a crime: he had several convictions for petty theft
3. a convincing or being convinced
4. carry conviction to be convincing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.conviction - an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
belief - any cognitive content held as true
amateurism - the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
2.conviction - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
final decision, final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
murder conviction - conviction for murder
rape conviction - conviction for rape
robbery conviction - conviction for robbery
criminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
acquittal - a judgment of not guilty

conviction
noun 1. belief, view, opinion, principle, faith, persuasion, creed, tenet, kaupapa N.Z.
Translations
conviction [kənˈvɪkʃən] ncondena (= belief); creencia, convicción f
conviction [kənˈvɪkʃən] convict n (Law) → condamnation f (= belief); conviction f
conviction [kənˈvɪkʃən] convict nÜberzeugung f;
(Law) → Verurteilung f
conviction [kənˈvɪkʃən] ncondanna (= belief); convinzione f


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With that conviction strong within me, I volunteered for this service, as I would have volunteered for anything that set work and hardship and danger, like ramparts, between my misery and me.
Comrades of the thunder and companions of death, I cannot but regard it as singularly fortunate that we who by conviction and sympathy are designated by nature as the champions of that fairest of her products, the white metal, should also, by a happy chance, be engaged mostly in the business of mining it.
It clung to me for some time, monstrous, half conviction and half hope as to its body, with an iridescent tail of dreams and with a changeable head like a plastic mask.
 
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