self-conviction

noun

self-conviction

noun

Etymology From self- + conviction.

1

Conviction proceeding from one's own consciousness, knowledge, or confession.

No wonder such a spirit, in such a situation, is provoked beyond the regards of religion or self-conviction.1774, Jonathan Swift, The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift:

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