Conviction vs Condemnation - What's the difference?
conviction | condemnation |
(countable) A firmly held belief.
(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
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(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
(uncountable) The state of being convinced.
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The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.
The state of being condemned.
The ground or reason of condemning.
The process by which a public entity exercises its powers of eminent domain.
As nouns the difference between conviction and condemnation
is that conviction is (countable) a firmly held belief while condemnation is the act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.conviction
English
(wikipedia conviction)Noun
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- 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.