| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·vic·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n-v k shn |
| NOUN: | 1. Law a. The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged. b. The state of being found or proved guilty: evidence that led to the suspect's conviction. 2a. The act or process of convincing. b. The state of being convinced. See synonyms at certainty. 3. A fixed or strong belief. See synonyms at opinion. | | OTHER FORMS: | con·viction·al —ADJECTIVE
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