Collocations withconviction
These are words often used in combination withconviction.
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absolute conviction
Yet even this is done with absolute conviction.
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conviction rate
Therefore, a conviction rate as high as 90 per cent certainly cries out for explanation.
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criminal conviction
Pure preemption is different from either criminal conviction or traditional civil commitment.
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deep conviction
All three awakenings were characterized by a deep conviction of sin followed by conversion, fervent prayer and some ecstatic phenomena.
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firm conviction
It remains our firm conviction that the best way forward is to offer a forum for constructive and stimulating debate.
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genuine conviction
I am aware, of course, that concern about freedom of information derives in some cases more from genuine conviction than simple political opportunism.
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growing conviction
There has been a growing conviction over the last 20 years or so that objective, population-based methods should be used in the management of health services.
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ideological conviction
This position ref lects the movement's ideological conviction that an excessive focus on communal development was unacceptable because it "left the oppressor and tyrant in place" (p. 31).
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moral conviction
This moral conviction derived only partly, in their view, from the exercise of human reason.
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passionate conviction
With passionate conviction, the author advocates directly seeking the views of people with dementia.
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personal conviction
Personal conviction on its own is useless, yet within the politics of poststructuralism this is all we can call on.
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philosophical conviction
The court decided that parents who hold a philosophical conviction against the use of corporal punishment in schools were entitled to have that conviction respected.
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previous conviction
Alternatively, if the accused had a previous conviction, it would be treated as a felony, and thus would be dealt with by a higher court. 14.
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prior conviction
The worry is that any scepticism is driven by a prior conviction that welfare alone matters, rather than by doubts specific to (say) the retributivist or egalitarian proposal.
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profound conviction
My own profound conviction is that the efficacy of worship is in a reverent spirit rather than in ritual or parade.
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religious conviction
Religious conviction also animated the social purity campaigns.
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sincere conviction
It may be because of the company he keeps, rather than from a sincere conviction of what he really thinks he ought to do.
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strong conviction
In musical circles, a strong conviction prevailed that vocal art communicated differently than words.
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wrongful conviction
This is further demonstrated in relation to the lives of victims, by the neglect of notorious victims of injustice and wrongful conviction.
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