meaning of conviction
1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.
2. 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.
3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by ones conscience.
5. criminal law a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no
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