Convictism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Convictism is a noun meaning The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.
Meaning
The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements, especially in Australia.
More Meanings
- The convict system as embodied in its subjects; convicts as a group; the convict class.
Example Sentences
So, in virtue of this last appeal, convictism had established a tacit right to converse in whispers, and to move about inside its oaken cage.
It was the simple expression of a necessity for clearing away from home a pressing amount of convictism, and of thus giving to this corrupt portion of society a means of regeneration
Synonyms for convictism
Depending on context, synonyms include transportation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abolition, transporting, convict, emancipist, conviction, committal.
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