Definition of conviction
- n. - The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or
adjudging, guilty of an offense.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the
admission of a truth; confutation.
- n. - The state of being convinced or convicted; strong
persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin,
or by one's conscience.