Bible Dictionaries
Conviction

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Conviction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/conviction.html. 1828.