All 9 Uses

conviction
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
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Mrs. Penniman's convictions as regards the relations of her niece and the clever young visitor who saved appearances by coming ostensibly for both the ladies—Mrs.†
Chpt 8 *
Penniman's convictions had passed into a riper and richer phase.†
Chpt 8
Such a conviction, of course, did little either to mitigate or to abbreviate his widowhood; and it set a limit to his recognition, at the best, of Catherine's possibilities and of Mrs. Penniman's ministrations.†
Chpt 2
The assurance was vague, for it contained no element of positive conviction that her father would change his mind.†
Chpt 15
He had a moral conviction that she would contrive to tell a fib about the matter, which it would disgust him to listen to.†
Chpt 19
Dr. Sloper very soon imparted his conviction to Mrs. Almond, in the same terms in which he had announced it to himself.†
Chpt 21
Mrs. Penniman was perfectly aware that her brother's motive in undertaking a foreign tour was to lay a trap for Catherine's constancy; and she imparted this conviction very frankly to her niece.†
Chpt 23
She did not succeed in saying it with much conviction, but after a little she was able to speak quietly enough.†
Chpt 30
She expected to spend the rest of her life in Washington Square, and to enjoy Mrs. Penniman's society for the whole of this period; as she had a conviction that, long as she might live, her aunt would live at least as long, and always retain her brilliancy and activity.†
Chpt 34

Definitions:

(1) (conviction as in: spoke with conviction)
a strong, firmly held belief
(2) (conviction as in: owed a fine after the conviction)
a court's finding that someone is guilty