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conviction

noun
/kənˈvɪkʃən/

Etymology

From late Middle English conviction, from Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convictiō, from convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Equivalent to convict + -ion.

  1. derived from convictiō
  2. derived from conviction
  3. inherited from conviction

Definitions

  1. A firmly held belief.

    • It is of the nature of the intellectual's job that he must use his own knowledge and convictions in performing his daily task.

  2. A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

    • He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.

  3. The state of being wholly convinced.

    • Analogies are used in aid of Conviction: Metaphors, as means of Illustration.
    • The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The state of being found or proved guilty.

      • From G. R. Ratts , Game Warden , fines collected on conviction of violation of State game law .
      • I do not know of any Federal statute which carries with it forfeiture of citizenship or civil rights except this one that we are discussing, which is conviction of desertion committed in time of war and conviction of treason.
      • Thus, the argument continues, federal prosecutors would be motivated to seek Major Crimes Act indictments in marginal cases because they could be relatively certain of getting some conviction.

The neighborhood

Derived

carry conviction, certificate of no criminal conviction, convictional, coonviction, courage of one's convictions, misconviction, nonconviction, pièce de conviction, postconviction, preconviction, reconviction, self-conviction

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conviction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conviction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at conviction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA