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/kənˈvɪkʃən/ · con·vic·tion
noun
- A firmly held belief or opinion. Her conviction that honesty is the best policy guided all her decisions.
- A judgement of guilt rendered by a court of law. The jury returned a conviction after only two hours of deliberation.
- The state of being found or proved guilty. His conviction was recorded in the court records.
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Did you know? The legal meaning of “conviction” appears in English texts as early as the 1400s, whereas the psychological sense of a strong personal belief only became common in the 1700s.