Vocabulary
Conviction
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.
Urdu meaning
سزا ، احساس جرم کے ساتھ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Children can only have agency, respect and safety with improved prosecution and higher conviction rates, along with mental health support.
- Kirk`s sacrifice for Trump`s cause has deepened Trump`s conviction that he is destined by Providence to survive.
- Unlike Trump, Peter Mandelson an oleaginous, smarmy and allegedly corrupt survivor from the Blair administration remained on close terms with Epstein even after the latter`s conviction over organised paedophilia.
- As many as 267 cases of violence against trans people over five years were recorded in KP in 2024, with just one conviction.
- True greatness of intellect lies in the ability to contain two opposing ideas and, by living out the apparent contradiction between them, attain the conviction that both of them are equally true.
Synonyms
declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement
Antonyms
acquittal, uncertainty, doubt
Curator example
“she had a previous conviction for a similar offence”
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