Conviction
[kən'vɪkʃ(ə)n] or [kən'vɪkʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; 'the conviction came as no surprise'.
(noun.) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence.
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Definition
(n.) The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.
(n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.
(n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
(n.) The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.
Checker: Nathan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Proof of guilt, detection in guilt.[2]. Confutation, refutation.[3]. Persuasion, sentiment, judgment, consciousness.
Typed by Ada
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assurance, persuasion, belief
ANT:Doubt,[See {rf* giving}?], disbelief,[See {XXX}?]
Typist: Portia
Examples
- It is only in the conviction that I may trust you never to betray me, that I can proceed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- His conviction remained unchanged. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His heart tingled with the pleasing conviction that these gross eulogiums shamed Moore deeply, and made him half scorn himself and his work. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In short, he shows so much musical taste that Mr. Bagnet actually takes his pipe from his lips to express his conviction that he is a singer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Consoling her, my own sorrows were assuaged; my sincerity won her entire conviction. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What is your warrant for this conviction? Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thus, through the reflection that it might have been, I arrived at the conviction that it could never be. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her father answered, with a cheerful firmness of conviction he could scarcely have assumed, Quite sure, my darling! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Let an old friend assure you of his full conviction that you did quite right. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We shall afterwards have occasion to remark both the resemblance and differences betwixt a poetical enthusiasm, and a serious conviction. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But deep in the minds of the apes was rooted the conviction that Tarzan was a mighty fighter and a strange creature. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was an intellectual but not a moral conviction, with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The trembling earnestness with which he uttered this extraordinary warning, carried with it, to my mind, the conviction that he spoke the truth. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But there was some power of personality in him that prevailed over their coldness, and he made them listen to his new convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Edison has strong convictions on the liberal use of lubricants, but argued that in the ordinary oiling of machinery there is great waste, while much dirt is conveyed into the bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Through its critical process true knowledge is revised and extended, and our convictions as to the state of things reorganized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The Stoic tried to win men's hearts and convictions by sheer subtlety of abstract argument and dazzling sublimity of thought and expression. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And he set himself to weaken the republicans whose fundamental convictions he was planning to outrage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Above all, they were to be men of strong convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My own convictions led me to believe that the hidden contents of the parchment concealed a transaction of the meanest and the most fraudulent kind. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Now whoever has followed political theory will have derived perhaps two convictions as a reward. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He had tested and weighed his convictions again and again, and saw no reason to alter them, though he had considerably lessened his plan. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then follow informations and convictions for treason. Plato. The Republic.
- But I shall not therefore drop one iota of my convictions, or cease to identify myself with that truth which an evil generation hates. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The real groups dare not speak their convictions for fear the crust will break. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The case of the Countess Olenska had stirred up old settled convictions and set them drifting dangerously through his mind. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Edison's convictions were strong, however, and he persisted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My doubts--or to speak more correctly, my convictions--were confirmed by Miss Halcombe's language and manner when I saw her again later in the day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Editor: Ned