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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Synonyms:

Proof of guilt, detection in guilt / Confutation, refutation / Persuasion, convincing / Firm persuasion, settled belief, assured belief, ascertained principle

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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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