n.
strong belief
1) to carry ~ (his story carries ~)
2) a burning, deep, firm, strong; lifelong ~
3) a ~ that + clause (she expressed her firm ~ that television was harmful to children)
4) by ~ (a pacifist by ~)
guilty verdict
5) to get a ~ (the prosecutor got ten ~s last year)
6) to overturn a ~ (the appeals court overturned the ~)
7) a ~ for (a ~ for embezzlement)