affirm a conviction
1affirm — af·firm /ə fərm/ vt 1: to assert as true or factual 2: to assert (as a judgment) as valid or confirmed affirm ed the lower court s ruling compare remand, reverse …
2Affirm — Af*firm ([a^]f*f[ e]rm ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affirmed} ( f[ e]rmd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Affirming}.] [OE. affermen, OF. afermer, F. affirmer, affermir, fr. L. affirmare; ad + firmare to make firm, firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm; to… …
3conviction — noun 1 for a crime ADJECTIVE ▪ earlier, previous (esp. BrE), prior (AmE) ▪ spent (BrE) ▪ You are not obliged to acknowledge spent convictions. ▪ …
4affirm — verb Affirm is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑court Affirm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑commitment, ↑conviction, ↑decision, ↑existence, ↑faith, ↑identity, ↑importance, ↑right …
5affirm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. assert, declare; confirm, ratify. See affirmation, assent, approbation.Ant., deny. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assert, repeat, insist; see assert 1 , declare 1 . See Synonym Study at assert . III (Roget …
6state with conviction — index affirm (claim), argue, avouch (avow), avow, certify (attest), express …
7penser — 1. penser [ pɑ̃se ] v. <conjug. : 1> • 980 intr.; bas lat. pensare, class. pendere « peser », au fig. « réfléchir » → peser; panser I ♦ V. intr. 1 ♦ Appliquer l activité de son esprit aux éléments fournis par la connaissance; former,… …
8assert — 1 Assert, declare, profess, affirm, aver, protest, avouch, avow, predicate, warrant agree in meaning to state positively usually either in anticipation of denial or objection or in the face of it. Assert implies absence of proof: it usually… …
9assert — transitive verb Etymology: Latin assertus, past participle of asserere, from ad + serere to join more at series Date: circa 1604 1. to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively 2. a. to …
10Joe Hill — Infobox Person name = Joe Hill image size = 180px caption = birth name=Joel Emmanuel Hägglund birth date = birth date|1879|10|7|mf=y or 1882 birth place = Gävle, Sweden death date = death date and age|1915|11|19|1879|10|7|mf=y death place = Utah… …
