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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: ,
conviction
/ əˈɪʃə /
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 convictionto be convincing
Derived Forms
- DzˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·tDz· adjective
- ԴDzcDz·tDz noun
- cDz·tDz noun
- cDz·tDz adjective
- cDz·tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conviction1
Idioms and Phrases
see courage of one's convictions .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He said the conviction and costs imposed were "unprecedented".
Nieman's existing political convictions drove her away from "Girls Gone Bible," but she believes the podcast's power could lead other young women, who haven't thought these issues through as deeply, down a different path.
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.
In 59 other cases, charges were dropped, convictions overturned or sentences reduced because of what Sanders uncovered in the O.C. snitch scandal.
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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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