"conviction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈvɪkʃən/ Audio: en-us-conviction.ogg [US] Forms: convictions [plural]
Etymology: From late Middle English conviction, from Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convictiō, from convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=contain}}, {{inh|en|enm|conviction}} Middle English conviction, {{der|en|xno|conviction}} Anglo-Norman conviction, {{der|en|la|convictiō}} Latin convictiō, {{m|la|convictus}} convictus, {{m|la|convincō||to convict}} convincō (“to convict”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} conviction (countable and uncountable, plural convictions)
  1. (countable) A firmly held belief. Tags: countable Translations (firmly held belief): համոզմունք (hamozmunkʿ) (Armenian), əqidə (Azerbaijani), перакананне (pjerakanannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), убеденост (ubedenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), convicció [feminine] (Catalan), 信念 (xìnniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), přesvědčení [neuter] (Czech), overbevisning [common-gender] (Danish), overtuiging (Dutch), sannføring [feminine] (Faroese), vakaumus (Finnish), convicción [feminine] (Galician), Überzeugung [feminine] (German), πεποίθηση (pepoíthisi) [feminine] (Greek), πίστη (písti) [feminine] (Greek), meggyőződés (Hungarian), convinzione [feminine] (Italian), 信念 (shin'nen) (Japanese), overbevisning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Äwazeijunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), przekonanie [neuter] (Polish), przeświadczenie [neuter] (Polish), convicção [feminine] (Portuguese), convingere (Romanian), credință (Romanian), убеждённость (ubeždjónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), убежде́ние (ubeždénije) [neuter] (Russian), cumminziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), prepričanje [neuter] (Slovene), convicción [feminine] (Spanish), övertygelse (Swedish), переконання (perekonannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), איבערצײַגונג (ibertsaygung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-conviction-en-noun-a8Rq5flc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 37 35 Disambiguation of 'firmly held belief': 88 3 5 4
  2. (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law. Tags: countable Translations (judgement of guilt): καταδίκη (katadíkē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), осъждане (osǎždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), condemna [feminine] (Catalan), odsouzení [neuter] (Czech), usvědčení [neuter] (Czech), veroordeling (Dutch), kondamno (Esperanto), sakfelling [feminine] (Faroese), langettava tuomio (Finnish), Verurteilung [feminine] (German), καταδίκη (katadíki) [feminine] (Greek), הרשעה (harsha'a) [feminine] (Hebrew), elítélő határozat (Hungarian), elítélés (Hungarian), pidana (Indonesian), pemidanaan (Indonesian), condanna [feminine] (Italian), 有罪判決 (yūzaihanketsu) (Japanese), sabitan (Malay), mau tangetange (Maori), dom [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fellende dom (Norwegian Bokmål), domsavsigelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wyrok [masculine] (Polish), condenação [feminine] (Portuguese), осужде́ние (osuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), cunnanna [feminine] (Sicilian), obsodba [feminine] (Slovene), fällande dom [common-gender] (Swedish), hatulsala (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-conviction-en-noun-mgMt0hF6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 37 35 Disambiguation of 'judgement of guilt': 6 74 9 11
  3. (uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-conviction-en-noun-saaav7tJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 37 35
  4. (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being found or proved guilty): syyllisyys (Finnish), colpevolezza [feminine] (Italian), curpivulizza [feminine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-conviction-en-noun-bWuYnH-u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 37 35 Disambiguation of 'state of being found or proved guilty': 2 3 29 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carry conviction, courage of one's convictions, pièce de conviction, self-conviction Related terms: convict Translations (state of being convinced): vakuuttuneisuus (Finnish), stedefastnesse (Middle English), overbevisning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cumminziuni [feminine] (Sicilian), перекона́ння (perekonánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'state of being convinced': 3 3 50 44

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "pidana"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "pemidanaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūzaihanketsu",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "有罪判決"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "sabitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "mau tangetange"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "fellende dom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "domsavsigelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyrok"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condenação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osuždénije",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cunnanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obsodba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fällande dom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "judgement of guilt",
      "word": "hatulsala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being found or proved guilty",
      "word": "syyllisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being found or proved guilty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "colpevolezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "state of being found or proved guilty",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "curpivulizza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being convinced",
      "word": "vakuuttuneisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "state of being convinced",
      "word": "stedefastnesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state of being convinced",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overbevisning"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "state of being convinced",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cumminziuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perekonánnja",
      "sense": "state of being convinced",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перекона́ння"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "conviction"
  ],
  "word": "conviction"
}

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