conviction

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convictio, from convictus, the past participle of convincere (“to convict”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

conviction (plural convictions)

1. (countable) A firmly held belief.
2. (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.

3. (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
4. (uncountable) The state of being convinced.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obstinacy

Translations

firmly held belief

• Bulgarian: убеденост (bg) (ubedenost) f
• Czech: přesvědčení (cs) n
• Dutch: overtuiging (nl)
• Finnish: vakaumus
• German: Überzeugung (de) f
• Greek: πεποίθηση (el) (pepoíthisi) f
• Italian: convinzione (it) f
• Japanese: 信念 (ja) (shin'nen)

• Norwegian: overbevisning (no)
• Polish: przekonanie (pl) n, przeświadczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: convicção (pt) f
• Romanian: convingere (ro), credință (ro)
• Russian: убеждённость (ru) (ubeždjónnost') f, убеждение (ru) (ubeždénije) n
• Swedish: övertygelse (sv)

judgement of guilt

• Bulgarian: осъждане (bg) (osǎždane) n
• Czech: odsouzení (cs) n, usvědčení (cs) n
• Dutch: veroordeling (nl)
• Finnish: langettava tuomio
• German: Verurteilung (de) f
• Greek: καταδίκη (el) (katadíki) f

• Hebrew: הרשעה (harsha'a) f
• Italian: condanna (it) f
• Japanese: 有罪判決 (ja) (yûzaihanketsu)
• Polish: wyrok (pl) m
• Portuguese: condenação (pt) f
• Russian: осуждение (ru) (osuždénije) n

Related terms

• convict

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.vik.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /ko~.vik.sjo~/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Homophone: convictions
• Hyphenation: con‧vic‧tion

Noun

conviction f (plural convictions)

1. conviction