Conviction vs Acquittal - What's the difference?
conviction | acquittal |
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
* {{quote-news
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(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
(uncountable) The state of being convinced.
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(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Acquittal is a antonym of conviction.
As nouns the difference between conviction and acquittal
is that conviction is a firmly held belief while acquittal is the act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).conviction
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(wikipedia conviction)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions . Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.}}
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.