CONVICTION

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conviction substantiv

1. (jur.) condamnare, osândire, sentinţă de condamnare;

summary conviction condamnare sumară, făcută de judecător fără consultarea juraţilor.

2. convingere, persuasiune, putere de convingere;

to carry conviction a fi convingător, a avea putere de convingere;

your argument does not carry conviction nu sunt deloc convinsă de adevărul spuselor dumitale; argumentele dumitale nu m-au convins;

I am open to conviction sunt gata să mă las convins.

3. lămurire a vinovăţiei, muncă de convingere (pentru a face o persoană să-şi recunoască vina).

4. (that, of) convingere, credinţă fermă, încredinţare, credinţă nestrămutată (că); crez; opinie, concepţie (că);

to act from conviction a acţiona (numai) din convingere;

it is my conviction that convingerea mea este că, nu mă îndoiesc că.

5. (rel.) conştiinţă a păcatului / a vinovăţiei; sentiment de vinovăţie, căinţă, pocăinţă.

Absence, with the conviction probably of her indifference, had produced this very natural and very desirable effect.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

I was positively afraid to think; but the conviction of what was coming was on me, as I have read of men who have heard the death-watch.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Yet some happiness must and would arise from the very conviction that he did suffer.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

I may have a conviction that Mr. Micawber's manners— “Hem! Really, my dear,” interposed Mr. Micawber.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

And your assurance of it, I suppose, carried immediate conviction to him.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

That conviction must be every thing to you; and he is undoubtedly supported by the same trust in your's.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

"We should not be here if you hadn't," said I, with conviction.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Matters have gone so far now that they can move without my help as far as the arrest goes, though my presence is necessary for a conviction.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He seemed, rather, to have the courage of his convictions, the certainty of his manhood.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

"He said that Berkeley's arguments admit of no answer and produce no conviction."

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)