absolute conviction

collocation in English

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absolute
adjective
uk
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/us
/ˈæb.sə.luːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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conviction
noun
uk
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/us
/kənˈvɪk.ʃən/
the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of officially finding ...
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(Definition ofabsoluteandconvictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet even this is done withabsoluteconviction.
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Although this is not a decision that one can reach with anyabsoluteconviction, we believe that we have the balance about right.
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I begin by declaring myabsoluteconvictionthat both sides in the war believe that they are fighting for a just and noble cause.
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It is ourabsoluteconviction, based on past experience, that this transference at the present time would be disastrous for the industry.
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I am sure that those who argued the case for either side do so withabsoluteconvictionand sincerity.
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I voted against this report out ofabsoluteconviction.
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I say this withabsoluteconviction.
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I say that withabsoluteconviction.
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I make that forecast withabsoluteconviction.
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He will be told withabsoluteconviction—and rightly told—that the present high level of direct personal taxation is penalising initiative and enterprise and frustrating extra effort and increased production.
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We believe—with regret, but withabsoluteconviction—that for the moment at least there must be control, backed by the force of law, over both price increases and pay increases.
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But as the debate has continued over the years it has struck me as remarkable how economics are called in aid with equal andabsoluteconvictionby both protagonists.
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There is in the country on the part of single women, widows and married women anabsoluteconviction that discrimination is shown by some building societies.
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They are also anabsoluteconvictionand not up for debate.
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The painting is experienced as a whole, and must evoke in the painter theabsoluteconvictionthat this is how it should be and no other way.
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