The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.

A trial verdict or judgment that a criminal defendant is guilty of a crime.

The formal decision of a criminal trial which finds the accused guilty. It is the finding of a judge or jury, on behalf of the state, that a person has, beyond reasonable doubt, committed the crime for which he, or she, has been accused. It is the ultimate goal of the prosecution and the result resisted by the defense. Once convicted, an accused may then be sentenced.

The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

An inner awareness of truth. "Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst" (John 8:9).

different from condemnation, in that it is God shining His light on areas of our heart that need change: such as wrong doings or sin (Acts 2:37; 16:29); strong belief.