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con·vic·tion

(kən-vĭk′shən)

1. Law

a. The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged.

b. The state of being found or proved guilty: evidence that led to the suspect's conviction.

a. The act or process of convincing.

b. The state or appearance of being convinced: She spoke with real conviction on the matter.

3. A fixed or strong belief. See Synonyms at view.

con·vic′tion·al adj.

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conviction

(kənˈvɪkʃən)

1. the state or appearance of being convinced

2. a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc

3. the act of convincing

4. (Law) the act or an instance of convicting or the state of being convicted

5. carry conviction to be convincing

conˈvictional adj

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con•vic•tion

(kənˈvɪk ʃən)

n.

1. a fixed or firm belief.

2. the act of convicting.

3. the state of being convicted.

4. the state of being convinced.

5. the act of convincing.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin]

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Noun	1.	conviction - an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence strong belief, article of faith belief - any cognitive content held as true amateurism - the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
	2.	conviction - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" judgment of conviction, sentence, condemnation final decision, final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment murder conviction - conviction for murder rape conviction - conviction for rape robbery conviction - conviction for robbery criminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment acquittal - a judgment of not guilty

conviction

noun

1. belief, view, opinion, principle, faith, persuasion, creed, tenet Their religious convictions prevented them from taking up arms.

2. certainty, confidence, assurance, fervour, firmness, earnestness, certitude He preaches with conviction.

3. sentence, ruling, decision, verdict, judgment, punishment, decree, condemnation, pronouncement He will appeal against the conviction.

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conviction

noun

1. The fact or condition of being without doubt:

assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, confidence, positiveness, sureness, surety.

2. Something believed or accepted as true by a person:

belief, feeling, idea, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, sentiment, view.

Translations

إِدانَه، تَجْـريمإِقْتِنـاع

odsouzenípřesvědčení

domfast trooverbevisning

Überzeugung Verurteilung

πεποίθηση

condena convicción antecedentes penales

condamnation conviction

meggyőződés

sakfelling, dómursannfæring

condanna convinzione dichiarazione di colpevolezza

dom overbevisning

убеждение

presvedčenie

obsodbaprepričanje

inançinanışkanaat mahkûmiyetsuçlu bul ma

定罪确信

conviction

[kənˈvɪkʃən] N

1. (Jur) → condena f
there were 12 convictions for theft → hubo 12 condenas por robo
to have no previous convictions → no tener antecedentes penales

2. (= belief) → convicción f, creencia f
it is my conviction that → creo firmemente que ...

3. (= persuasion, persuasiveness) he said with conviction → dijo con convicción
without much conviction → no muy convencido
to carry conviction → ser convincente
open to conviction → dispuesto a dejarse convencer

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conviction

[kənˈvɪkʃ^ən] n

[defendant] → condamnation f

(= belief) → conviction f
with conviction → avec conviction
to carry conviction → être convaincant(e)

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conviction

(Jur) → Verurteilung f; five previous convictions → fünf Vorstrafen; to get a conviction (police, prosecution) → einen Schuldspruch erreichen

(= belief, act of convincing) → Überzeugung f; to be open to conviction → sich gern eines Besseren belehren lassen; to carry conviction → überzeugend klingen; his speech lacked conviction → seine Rede klang wenig überzeugend; he’s a socialist by conviction → er ist ein überzeugter Sozialist; he did it in the conviction that … → er tat es in der Überzeugung, dass …; a man of strong convictions → ein Mann, der feste Anschauungen vertritt; his fundamental political/moral convictions → seine politische/moralische Gesinnung ? courage

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conviction

[kənˈvɪkʃ/ən] n

a. (belief) → convinzione f
it is my conviction that → sono convinto che
to carry conviction → essere convincente

b. (Law) → condanna

convict

(kənˈvikt) verb

to prove or declare (someone) guilty. She was convicted of theft.

(ˈkonvikt) noun

a person serving a sentence for a crime. Two of the convicts have escaped from prison.

conˈviction (-ʃən) noun

1. the passing of a sentence on a guilty person. She has had two convictions for drunken driving.

2. (a) strong belief. It's my conviction that he's right.

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With feelings so poignant as mine, the conviction of having divided the son from his parents would make me, even with you, the most miserable of beings.

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Lord Nelson was the first to disregard them with conviction and audacity sustained by an unbounded trust in the men he led.

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He began to look at his picture with all his own full artist vision, and was soon in that mood of conviction of the perfectibility, and so of the significance, of his picture--a conviction essential to the most intense fervor, excluding all other interests--in which alone he could work.

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With that conviction strong within me, I volunteered for this service, as I would have volunteered for anything that set work and hardship and danger, like ramparts, between my misery and me.

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Elinor encouraged her as much as possible to talk of what she felt; and before breakfast was ready, they had gone through the subject again and again; and with the same steady conviction and affectionate counsel on Elinor's side, the same impetuous feelings and varying opinions on Marianne's, as before.

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"Comrades of the thunder and companions of death, I cannot but regard it as singularly fortunate that we who by conviction and sympathy are designated by nature as the champions of that fairest of her products, the white metal, should also, by a happy chance, be engaged mostly in the business of mining it.

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It clung to me for some time, monstrous, half conviction and half hope as to its body, with an iridescent tail of dreams and with a changeable head like a plastic mask.

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But I shall not scruple to assert, that the serenity of your sister's countenance and air was such as might have given the most acute observer a conviction that, however amiable her temper, her heart was not likely to be easily touched.

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When they had been waiting for the door to be opened, Lady Arabella, believing in a sudden attack, had said to him in a low voice, which somehow carried conviction:

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He would walk down the rows of the unfortunate prisoners, stop before each individual and ask after his needs--he never sermonized them; he spoke kindly to them--he gave them money; he brought them all sorts of necessaries for the journey, and gave them devotional books, choosing those who could read, under the firm conviction that they would read to those who could not, as they went along.

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Ten years have but added an enormous conviction to the message of this book.

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It is my conviction, or my delusion, no matter which, that crime brings its own fatality with it.