All 6 Uses
conviction
in
Major Barbara
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- He only sat there and completed the wreck of my moral basis, the rout of my convictions, the purchase of my soul.†
Act 3 *
- RUMMY [stealing across to Bill and addressing him in a subdued voice, but with intense conviction] I'd av the lor of you, you flat eared pignosed potwalloper, if she'd let me.†
Act 2
- BILL [with conviction] Not ME.†
Act 2
- [With intense conviction] I will never forgive you that†
Act 3
- I can make cannons: I cannot make courage and conviction.†
Act 3
- It is the final test of conviction, the only lever strong enough to overturn a social system, the only way of saying Must.†
Act 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(conviction as in: spoke with conviction) a strong, firmly held belief
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(2)
(conviction as in: owed a fine after the conviction) a court's finding that someone is guilty