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conviction
in
Cutting for Stone
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Men like him became stubborn with opposition, because their convictions were all they had.†
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"Who says so?" she said, but without conviction.†
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I don't hear any conviction in his voice.†
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At school, I knew girls who were neither ugly nor beautiful but who saw themselves one way or the other, and that conviction made it come true.†
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I looked up and realized that he spoke with conviction and not a trace of sarcasm.†
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I nodded, without much conviction.†
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Dressed in their trademark sandals, khaki shorts and shirts, they had the daring, the conviction, and the passion of patriots fighting their occupiers.†
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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