Definitions for conviction
kənˈvɪk ʃəncon·vic·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. conviction, strong belief, article of faithnoun

   an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

2. conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentencenoun

   (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

   "the conviction came as no surprise"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. convictionnoun

   A firmly held belief.

2. convictionnoun

   A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

3. convictionnoun

   The state of being found or proved guilty.

4. convictionnoun

   The state of being convinced.

5. Etymology: From conviction, from convictio, from convictus, the past participle of convinco.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convictionnoun

   1.Detection of guilt, which is, in law, either when a man is outlawed, or appears and confesses, or else is found guilty by the inquest. John Cowell

   Etymology: from convict.

   The third best absent is condemn’d,
   Convict by flight, and rebel to all law;
   Conviction to the serpent none belongs. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   2. The act of convincing; confutation; the act of forcing others, by argument, to allow a position.

   When therefore the apostle requireth hability to convict hereticks, can we think he judgeth it a thing unlawful, and not rather needful, to use the principal instrument of their conviction, the light of reason. Richard Hooker, b. iii. s. 8.

   The manner of his conviction was designed, not as a peculiar privilege to him; but as a standing miracle, a lasting argument, for the conviction of others, to the very end of the world. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   Their wisdom is only of this world, to put false colours upon things, to call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Conviction

   In law, a conviction is the verdict that usually results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal (that is, "not guilty"). In Scotland and in the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal. There are also cases in which the court orders that a defendant not be convicted, despite being found guilty; in England, Wales, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand the mechanism for this is a discharge. For a host of reasons, the criminal justice system is not perfect: sometimes guilty defendants are acquitted, while innocent people are convicted. Appeal mechanisms and post conviction relief procedures may mitigate the effects of a conviction to some extent. An error which results in the conviction of an innocent person is known as a miscarriage of justice. After a defendant is convicted, the court determines the appropriate sentence as a punishment. Furthermore, the conviction may lead to results beyond the terms of the sentence itself. Such ramifications are known as the collateral consequences of criminal charges. A minor conviction is a warning conviction, and it does not affect the defendant but does serve as a warning.A history of convictions are called antecedents, known colloquially as "previous" in the United Kingdom, and "priors" in the United States and Australia. The history of convictions also shows that a minor law conviction can be prosecuted as any individual's punishment.

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1. conviction

   Conviction is a strongly held belief or opinion. In the legal context, it refers to the formal declaration by a judge or court that someone is guilty of a criminal offense after a trial.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Convictionnoun

   the act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense

2. Convictionnoun

   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. Convictionnoun

   the act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation

4. Convictionnoun

   the state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Conviction

   In general, conviction means a strong persuasion or belief. It also means the state of being convinced. In law, a conviction is the verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime. The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal. In Scotland and in the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal. There are also cases where the court orders that a defendant not be convicted, despite being found guilty. For a host of reasons, the criminal justice system is not perfect, and sometimes guilty defendants are acquitted, while innocent people are convicted. Appeal mechanisms mitigate this problem to some extent. An error which results in the conviction of an innocent person is known as a miscarriage of justice. After a defendant is convicted, the court determines the appropriate sentence as a punishment. Furthermore, the conviction may lead to results beyond the terms of the sentence itself. Such ramifications are known as the collateral consequences of criminal charges. A minor conviction is considered, in a term, a warning conviction, and it doesn't affect the defendant, but does serve as a warning.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conviction' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4338

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conviction' in Nouns Frequency: #1450

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conviction in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conviction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of conviction in a Sentence

1. Barry Berke:

   The 2nd Circuit's decision clearly means that Michael Steinberg is innocent of any crime and his conviction will be vacated as well.

2. Jerry Cobb:

   We have a professional and ethical duty to act in the interest of justice and not merely seek a conviction.

3. Chris Bergin:

   Now we believe that Miguel is eligible for naturalization because criminal conviction doesn't render him ineligible through' bad moral character.' That's the term they use, that's what we're going to argue, and I think it's a good argument.

4. Al Green:

   I should not hold off, we should go forward as expeditiously as possible and we should do so because on yesterday we convicted the President... The condemnation was a conviction. Today we have the opportunity to punish, as a result of what we did yesterday, the President suffers no harm, he doesn't have to pay any fine, he's not going to lose his job. But today we have the opportunity to punish.

5. Pete Buttigieg:

   On one hand, I believe in conviction politics. I think you need to forcefully defend your values and explain why you believe in the things you believe in, but one reason that you'll hear me not being too doctrinaire about some of these policy groups is an awareness that the reality in government is you're going to be adjusting the finer points of the policy, anyway.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=conviction
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Conviction
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=conviction
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conviction
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=conviction