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noun an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
noun (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
originFrom late Middle English conviction, from Anglo-Norman conviction, from Latin convictiō, from convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Equivalent to convict + -ion.
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