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conviction (persuasion), faith
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
staunch belief
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Belief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Belief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 belief belief Sgm: N 1 credence credence Sgm: N 1 credit credit Sgm: N 1 assurance assurance Sgm: N 1 faith faith trust troth … English dictionary for students
staunch — [stɔːntʆ ǁ stɒːntʆ, stɑːntʆ] adjective giving strong loyal support to a person, organization, or belief: • They are staunch trade unionists. • He is a staunch supporter of the free market. staunchly adverb : • The company has staunchly defended… … Financial and business terms
staunch — I UK [stɔːntʃ] / US [stɔntʃ] adjective Word forms staunch : adjective staunch comparative stauncher superlative staunchest loyal, and showing strong belief in something or strong support for something a staunch critic/opponent/supporter Derived… … English dictionary
staunch — staunch1 [sto:ntʃ US sto:ntʃ, sta:ntʃ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: estanche, from estancher; STAUNCH2] giving strong loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc = ↑steadfast ▪ a staunch… … Dictionary of contemporary English
staunch — staunch1 [ stɔntʃ ] adjective loyal and showing strong belief in something or strong support for something: a staunch critic/opponent/supporter ╾ staunch|ly adverb staunch staunch 2 [ stɔntʃ ] verb transitive to stop the flow of something,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
staunch — 1 adjective giving strong, loyal support to another person, organization, belief etc; steadfast: They are staunch trade unionists. | a staunch friend and ally staunchly adverb staunchness noun (U) 2 also stanch AmE verb (T) to stop the flow of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
faith — n 1 a: allegiance or loyalty to a duty or a person b: sincerity or honesty of intentions see also bad faith, good faith 2: fidelity to one s promises and obligations … Law dictionary
conviction — con·vic·tion n 1: the act or process of convicting; also: the final judgment entered after a finding of guilt a prior conviction of murder would not overturn the conviction compare acquittal ◇ Jurisdictions differ as to what constitutes… … Law dictionary
conviction — Synonyms and related words: anathematizing, arrogance, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, assuredness, belief, censure, certainty, certitude, cheerful expectation, cocksureness, condemnation, confidence, confidentness, courage,… … Moby Thesaurus
persuasion — Synonyms and related words: adherents, affiliation, allurement, ascendancy, authority, belief, bias, blandishment, blood, body, branch, brand, breed, cajolement, cajolery, cast, character, charisma, charm, church, clan, class, clout, coaxing,… … Moby Thesaurus
