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conviction

noun

1 conviction

An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence.

synonyms: article of faith, strong belief.

Roget 479: confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution, invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, ... show more

Roget 484: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation etc. (hope) 858; dependence on, ... show more

Dutch: overtuiging
Polish: przekonanie

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.

synonyms: condemnation, judgment of conviction, sentence.

Roget 971: condemnation, conviction, judgment, penalty, sentence; proscription, damnation; death warrant.    attainder, attainture, attaintment.   

Dutch: oordeel, vonnis, zin, straf, uitspraak, veroordeling
Polish: wyrok skazujÄ…cy

Roget 478: demonstration, proof, rigorous proof; conclusiveness etc. adj.; apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation.    logic of facts etc. (evidence) ... show more


Moby thesaurus: anathematizing, arrogance, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, belief, censure, certainty, certitude, cheerful expectation, cocksureness, condemnation, confidence, confidentness, courage, damnation, death sentence, death warrant ... show more.

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