- conviction, strong belief, article of faith - an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
--1 is a kind of belief
--1 has particulars: amateurism - conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
--2 is a kind of final judgment, final decision
Antonyms: acquittal
--2 has particulars: murder conviction; rape conviction; robbery convictionDerived form: verb convict1