The greater certainty of conviction and the greater
certainty of punishment. --Hallam.
2. (Law) 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.
Conviction may accrue two ways. --Blackstone.
3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the
admission of a truth; confutation.
For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or
subtle shifts conviction to evade. --Milton.
4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong
persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being
convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.
To call good evil, and evil good, against the
conviction of their own consciences. --Swift.
And did you presently fall under the power of this
conviction? --Bunyan.
Syn: {Conviction}; {persuasion}.
Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith;
persuasion respects matters of belief or practice.
Conviction respects our most important duties;
persuasion is frequently applied to matters of
indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of
the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of
the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind,
persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. --C. J.
Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in
opposition to their conviction of duty.