What part of speech is conviction?

Conviction can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

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Noun

What does conviction mean?

Definitions

Noun

conviction - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
conviction - an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Examples of conviction

#   Sentence  
1. noun The conviction came as no surprise.
2. noun Last week, Federal District Judge Lynn Hughes in Huston, Texas, threw out Wilson's two-decades old conviction.
3. noun From SNAP's statement on the Robinson conviction:
4. noun lots of important stories out there today jeff....thank god and a few good souls for that conviction.
5. noun However, we draw on our many faith traditions to arrive at a common conviction.
6. noun An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
7. noun Our opinion is an idea which we have; our conviction an idea which has us.
8. noun I have a strong conviction that our judgement was right.
9. noun The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.
10. noun It is our national conviction that politics is a dirty and dishonest pursuit.
11. noun His words carry little conviction.
12. noun Nothing could sway his conviction.
13. noun Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience.
14. noun That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
15. noun The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.
Sentence  
noun
The conviction came as no surprise.
Last week, Federal District Judge Lynn Hughes in Huston, Texas, threw out Wilson's two-decades old conviction.
From SNAP's statement on the Robinson conviction:
lots of important stories out there today jeff....thank god and a few good souls for that conviction.
However, we draw on our many faith traditions to arrive at a common conviction.
An opinion is shocking only if it is a conviction.
Our opinion is an idea which we have; our conviction an idea which has us.
I have a strong conviction that our judgement was right.
The inmate was doing time for a burglary conviction.
It is our national conviction that politics is a dirty and dishonest pursuit.
His words carry little conviction.
Nothing could sway his conviction.
Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience.
That experience guides my conviction that partnership between America and Islam must be based on what Islam is, not what it isn't. And I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

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