Thesaurus: conviction

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1. n. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.
2. 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.
3. n. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
4. 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.
5. n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
6. n. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
7. A judgment of condemnation entered by a court havingjurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state ofbeing found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone.
8. n:100 n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence n. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed