The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-conviction
Self-conviction \Self`-con*vic"tion\, n. The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.
Wiktionary
self-conviction
n. conviction proceeding from one's own consciousness, knowledge, or confession.
Usage examples of "self-conviction".
Notwithstanding all that has been said in his favour, notwithstanding the infamous arts that were practised to keep up the cry against him, notwithstanding this solemn appeal to heaven in his last moments, and even self-conviction of innocence, the character of admiral Byng, in point of personal courage, will still, with many people, remain problematical.