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conviction

[ kuhn-vik-shuhn ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. the act of convicting someone, as in a court of law; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
  3. the state of being convicted.
  4. the act of convincing a person by argument or evidence.
  5. the state of being convinced.

    Antonyms: ,



conviction

/ °ìÉ™²Ôˈ±¹Éª°ìʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. the state or appearance of being convinced
  2. a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
  3. the act of convincing
  4. the act or an instance of convicting or the state of being convicted
  5. carry conviction
    to be convincing
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Derived Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ôˈ±¹¾±³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç²Ô·±¹¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô·²¹±ô adjective
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôc´Ç²Ô·±¹¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ±è°ù±ðc´Ç²Ô·±¹¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
  • ±è°ù´Çc´Ç²Ô·±¹¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô adjective
  • °ù±ðc´Ç²Ô·±¹¾±³¦î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of conviction1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Late Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô±¹¾±³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ³¦´Ç²Ô±¹¾±³¦³Ù¾±Å “proof (of guilt)†from convict(us) “convinced, conquered†(past participle of convincere; convince ) + -¾±Å -ion ( def )
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Idioms and Phrases

see courage of one's convictions .
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Synonym Study

See belief.
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Example Sentences

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He said the conviction and costs imposed were "unprecedented".

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The California Supreme Court overturned the death penalty conviction of one of L.A.’s most notorious gang killers Thursday, saying a juror who likely would have spared Timothy McGhee from execution was wrongly dismissed.

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In 59 other cases, charges were dropped, convictions overturned or sentences reduced because of what Sanders uncovered in the O.C. snitch scandal.

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Columbia University, through a thoroughly pusillanimous capitulation to a multimillion-dollar threat from the Trump administration, has put that conviction in the grave.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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