conviction
[kən'vɪkʃən]
n. 罪, , 坚

[] 罪, 证罪, 判罪

1. I have the conviction that he is right.
   深。
2. They have no previous convictions.
   。
3. I speak in the full conviction that I will win.
   深赢。

conviction
[ noun ]

1. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

<noun.cognition>

2. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

<noun.act>
the conviction came as no surprise

Conviction \Con*vic"tion\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 &
4). See {Convict}, {Convince}.]
1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or
adjudging, guilty of an offense.

The greater certainty of conviction and the greater
certainty of punishment. --Hallam.

2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having
jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the
state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal
tribunal.

Conviction may accrue two ways. --Blackstone.

3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the
admission of a truth; confutation.

For all his tedious talk is but vain boast,
Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. --Milton.

4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong
persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being
convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

To call good evil, and evil good, against the
conviction of their own consciences. --Swift.

And did you presently fall under the power of this
conviction? --Bunyan.

Syn: {Conviction}; {persuasion}.

Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith;
persuasion respects matters of belief or practice.
Conviction respects our most important duties;
persuasion is frequently applied to matters of
indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of
the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of
the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind,
persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. --C. J.
Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in
opposition to their conviction of duty.