adv
By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.
adj
(rhetoric) By appeal to force.
v
(law) To be accomplice to someone in an illegal act.
adj
Of or relating to appraisal.
adj
Serving to capitulate or surrender.
n
Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.
n
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
adj
Serving as a contraindication.
v
(chiefly religion) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).
n
(uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
adj
Relating to conviction, or strong belief.
n
The act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction.
n
The process by which somebody is convinced.
n
One who countenances, favours, or supports.
n
(uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
n
A person who appraises the works of others.
n
(obsolete) A specious argument; a sophism.
adj
Expecting a wish; supplicatory.
adj
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
n
(the sciences) The disclosure of all data on which a scientific result is based.
n
A received, or accepted, idea.
adj
proclaimed; declared; public
adv
In an inquisitional manner.
adj
providing justification
n
A minor action or statement which validates someone (or oneself).
n
Burden of proof, onus probandi.
n
(obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
n
One who opposes another in words (in a dispute, argument or controversy).
n
(law) An accomplice in crime; an accessory.
n
A thought used to gain admittance or access to something.
n
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
n
That which persuades; incitement.
n
Obsolete form of persuasion. [The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.]
n
Something asserted or alleged on slight evidence; an unwarranted assumption.
n
(criminal law) Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
adj
Supporting a compromise.
adj
Making or implying a promise.
n
(proscribed) A vocal answer to an attack on one's assertions.
adj
Serving to refute; refutatory.
v
To provide self-justification, to justify or excuse oneself or itself.
adj
(archaic) Having power to persuade; persuasive.
adj
(now rare) Tending to persuade; persuasive.
n
(countable, UK, Ireland) A spoken confession given to police.
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