Conviction and Overturning

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Conviction noun - A state of mind in which one is free from doubt.

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Overturning is an antonym for conviction in topics: belief, assurance.

Nearby Words: convict, convicted, convicting

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Conviction is an antonym for overturning.

Nearby Words: overturn, overturned

Off on a Technicality: The Mississippi Supreme Court engineered this to save the state's miscegenation law from a constitutional challenge, overturning Davis Knight's conviction on technical grounds.

Source: Film / Free State of Jones
Free State of Jones: The Mississippi Supreme Court engineered this to save the state's miscegenation law from a constitutional challenge, overturning Davis Knight's conviction on technical grounds.

Source: Off on a Technicality
Justified in that overturning the conviction means attacking the evidence in detail and figuring out a precedent to do so, and he can't do it alone.

Source: Film / Reversal of Fortune

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