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conviction
  1. (countable) A firmly held belief.
  2. (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
  3. (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
  4. (uncountable) The state of being convinced.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “It was his conviction that the laws of the human mind remained the basis for all the moral sciences.”
      “If you agree with me, then stand up with conviction for what we believe in and fight for it.”
      “A previous conviction should not suggest he is guilty of this crime.”
convict
  1. (law) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.
  2. A person deported to a penal colony.
  3. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and stripes.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He stayed there for a moment and took it all in, feeling like a convict making an escape in one of those prison movies.”
convictism
  1. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The history of Australia is deeply intertwined with convictism, as the practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements played a significant role in the early colonization of the continent.”
      “By the early decades of the 20th century, the era of bushranging, convictism, and exploration was far enough in the past to be regarded as historical colour.”
      “The importation of the modern state brought convictism into Australia and the convict system lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century.”
convincedness
  1. The quality of being convinced; belief or conviction.
convincement
  1. The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.
convincer
  1. One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Kent, who claims never to have seen his own job description, is a pretty good convincer.”
      “Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?”
      “Visitors will also be able to try the seatbelt convincer device which simulates the impact of a slow-speed traffic accident.”
convincingness
  1. The state or quality of being convincing.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It almost seemed to the captain that the blissful moment had already arrived, such was the persuasive convincingness of McCoy.”
      “Judgments of logical soundness and pragmatic convincingness as related to standard 3 component syllogisms and to enthymemes.”
convincements
  1. plural of convincement
convictions
  1. plural of conviction
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I sense weariness with both liberals and conservatives who seem to disrespect others ' convictions and disregard concern for unity in the church.”
      “When XFL broadcasters lost the courage of their convictions regarding jiggle, the football gods punished the enterprise with demise.”
      “The prosecution accept that if the trial was unfair, the convictions were unsafe and should be quashed.”
convincers
  1. plural of convincer
convicts
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