Conviction

Noun

 * 1)  A firmly held belief.
 * 2)  A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
 * 3)  The state of being found or proved guilty.
 * 4)  The state of being convinced.

Adjectives for Conviction
arresting; passionate; humbling; doubtful; historic; conscientious; true; firm; perverse; random; instantaneous; stern; indefeasible; youthful; profound; rapturous; frail;unsettled; irresistible; unshaken; widespread; deep; popular; honest; intellectual; inbred; esteemed; fixed; religious; coessential; subjective; sincere; rational; unalterable; vivid; calm; reasonable; extravagant; remote; positive; instinctive; unmistakable; steel; thorough; moral; antagonistic; internal; jocular; definite; persistent; deliberate; paternal; tried; innermost; solemn; intimate; unspoken; well-known; theoretic; extreme; socialistic; immediate; unutterable; prophetic; perfect; earnest; sober; clear; accepted; assured; lively; joyous; thrilling; exhilarating; lasting; steadfast; stubborn; ineradicable; unassailable; unsullied; unquestioning; independent; heroic; fierce; strong; intense; absolute; personal; individual; horrible; torturing; unaccountable; disagreeable; wild; grim; unfortunate; weary; pathetic; humanitarian; aesthetic; increasing; growing; light; odd; swift; overwhelming; comfortable; latent; naive; dawning; instinctive; secret.

Verbs for Conviction
accept with—; awaken to—; bring— carry—; cherish—; develop—; express— fire—; form—; guide by—; indoctrinate— ingrain—; justify—; lack—; lay down with—; lead to—; profess—; reiterate— rouse—; share—; stand by—; —accrues; —burdens; —deserts; —grows; —restrains; —springs; —wavers.

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, denouncement, denunciation, dependence, desire, doctrine, dogma, doom, doomed hope, excommunication, expectation, eye, fair prospect, faith, feeling, fervent hope, fixed opinion, good cheer, good hope, great expectations, guilty verdict, high hopes, hope, hopeful prognosis, hopefulness, hopes, hoping, hoping against hope, hubris, implicit belief, judgment, mature judgment, mind, opinion, overconfidence, oversureness, overweening, overweeningness, persuasion, poise, pomposity, position, positiveness, prayerful hope, presumption, pride, promise, proscription, prospect, prospects, rap, reliance, sanguine expectation, security, self-assurance, self-confidence, self-importance, self-reliance, sentence, sentiment, settled belief, settled judgment, staunch belief, steadfast faith, subjective certainty, sureness, surety, tenet, trust, unshaken confidence, verdict of guilty, view, well-grounded hope

Etymology
From convicter:, from  convictus:, the past participle of convinco:

Translations

 * Bulgarian: убеденост
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vakaumus
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 信念
 * Norwegian: overbevisning
 * Polish:, przeświadczenie
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: convingere,
 * Russian: убеждённость, убеждение
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: осъждане
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: langettava tuomio
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Hebrew: הרשעה (harsha'a)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 有罪判決
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: осуждение

Related terms

 * convict

Noun

 * 1) conviction