conviction

Noun

Meaning

The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

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.

The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

persuasion belief faith opinion sentence judgment certainty condemnation tenet article of faith canon creed fact position certain
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Antonyms

acquittal amnesty paganism enigma penumbra heresy
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Hypernyms

belief final judgment final decision

Hyponyms

amateurism murder conviction robbery conviction rape conviction

Phrases with the word

conviction for murder have firm conviction lack of conviction conviction of murder criminal conviction carrying conviction

Examples

We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors. Basil of Caesarea

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo

You must die for your own sacred conviction. Zimbabwe Proverb

Force may lead to agreement, but truth will lead to conviction. Chinese Proverb

Not he who has many ideas but he who has one conviction may become a great man. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

convict1ible convictable convictfish conviction for murder conviction in court conviction of murder