conviction
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conviction/kənˈvɪkʃn/
▶noun
- 1 an instance of formally being found guilty of a criminal offence in a court of law.
- 2 a firmly held belief or opinion.
■ the quality of showing that one is firmly convinced of something.
'conviction' also found in these Oxford entries:
belief
- doubt
- faint-hearted
- faith
- free pardon
- heat
- lacklustre
- nolo contendere
- pardon
- prior
- summary
- unsafe
