conviction
noun
Simple meaning
Being wholly convinced.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
kənˈvɪkʃən
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Definition
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noun
uncountable
The state of being wholly convinced.
countable
A firmly held belief.
countable
A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
uncountable
The state of being found or proved guilty.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The state of being wholly convinced.
Used this way, conviction is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “The conviction came as no surprise.”noun
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Compound terms
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A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed.
Conviction for murder.
Conviction for rape.
Conviction for robbery.
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