conviction

conviction
noun
1 for a crime
ADJECTIVE
earlier, previous (esp. BrE), prior (AmE)
spent (BrE)

You are not obliged to acknowledge spent convictions.

successful (esp. BrE)
unsafe (BrE), wrongful

Keeping this information from the jury could result in a wrongful conviction.

criminal
drug, murder, etc.
VERB + CONVICTION
have

He has three criminal convictions.

lead to

A reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of the attacker.

obtain, secure, win

They need strong evidence to secure a conviction.

escape

He believes that too many defendants are escaping conviction by claiming that they are insane.

appeal (AmE), appeal against (BrE)

He appealed against his conviction for murder.

Her lawyer said that she plans to appeal her conviction.

overturn, quash (BrE), reverse (AmE)
affirm (AmE), uphold
CONVICTION + VERB
be based on

a conviction based on very slim evidence

CONVICTION + NOUN
rate

The conviction rate for rape is low.

PREPOSITION
on conviction

His sentence on conviction would be life imprisonment.

conviction against

The court overturned the conviction against her.

conviction for

a conviction for murder

PHRASES
the rate of conviction
2 belief/appearance of belief
ADJECTIVE
absolute, complete, total, unshakable, utter
deep, deeply held, firm, fundamental, great, passionate, real, strong

It is my firm conviction that nothing will change until we address the root causes of the problem.

There was no great conviction in his voice.

growing
personal
inner
ideological, moral, political, religious, theological
Catholic, Christian, etc.
VERB + CONVICTION
have, hold

She had this absolute conviction that what she liked others would like.

share

They share a deep conviction that their views on world matters are still vitally important.

express
carry

Her explanation failed to carry conviction (= failed to sound convincing) in the face of the facts.

reflect

The American Constitution reflects certain religious convictions.

shake

Nothing could shake her conviction that she could not be beaten.

reinforce, strengthen

These experiences reinforced my conviction that music helps learning.

lack

Her arguments lacked conviction.

CONVICTION + NOUN
politics (BrE)

the demise of consensus and the rise of conviction politics

PREPOSITION
with conviction, without conviction

‘Not true!’ she said with conviction.

conviction about

He had a strong personal conviction about the power of the printed word.

PHRASES
have the courage of your convictions (= to be brave enough to do what you feel to be right)

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  • conviction — [ kɔ̃viksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1579; lat. imp. convictio, de convincere → convaincre 1 ♦ Vieilli Preuve établissant la culpabilité de qqn. Conviction de mensonge. ♢ Mod. PIÈCE À CONVICTION : objet à la disposition de la justice pour fournir un élément de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • conviction — con·vic·tion n 1: the act or process of convicting; also: the final judgment entered after a finding of guilt a prior conviction of murder would not overturn the conviction compare acquittal ◇ Jurisdictions differ as to what constitutes… …   Law dictionary

  • Conviction — Con*vic tion (k[o^]n*v[i^]k sh[u^]n), n. [L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See {Convict}, {Convince}.] 1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. [1913 Webster] The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conviction — con‧vic‧tion [kənˈvɪkʆn] noun LAW 1. [countable] a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime: • Smith, who had no previous motoring convictions, had been rushing home to see his family when he hit another car. conviction for • …   Financial and business terms

  • conviction — CONVICTION. s. f. L effet qu une preuve évidente produit dans l esprit. Être dans une entière conviction. Avoir une entière conviction des vérités de la Religion. [b]f♛/b] Il se dit aussi De la preuve évidente et indubitable d une vérité, d un… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • conviction — Conviction. s. f. v. Preuve évidente & indubitable d une verité, d un fait. Conviction évidente, manifeste, forte. on a long temps douté de la circulation du sang, mais l experience nous en a donné une conviction entiere. on l accuse de cette… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • conviction — [n1] belief, opinion confidence, creed, doctrine, dogma, eye, faith, feeling, judgment call, mind, persuasion, principle, reliance, say so*, sentiment, slant, tenet, view; concept 689 conviction [n2] guilty sentence; assurance assuredness,… …   New thesaurus

  • conviction — [kən vik′shən] n. [ME < LL(Ec) convictio, proof, demonstration] 1. a convicting or being convicted 2. Rare the act of convincing 3. the state or appearance of being convinced, as of the truth of a belief [to speak with conviction] 4. a strong… …   English World dictionary

  • Conviction — (v. lat. Convictio), Überführung; vgl. Criminalbeweis …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conviction — Conviction, lat., Ueberführung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • conviction — (n.) mid 15c., the proving of guilt, from L.L. convictionem (nom. convictio) proof, refutation, noun of action from pp. stem of convincere (see CONVINCE (Cf. convince)). Meaning mental state of being convinced is from 1690s; that of firm belief,… …   Etymology dictionary

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