The Hindu Editorial (Strategic timeout) – May 05, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Strategic timeout) – May 05, 2023:

strategic (adjective) – relating to achieving long-term or overall goals.
timeout (noun) – break.
outcome (noun) – consequence, aftermath, end result.
convict (noun) – prisoner, inmate; criminal, lawbreaker, offender.
disconcerting (adjective) – upsetting, discomfiting, unsettling, disturbing, disquieting, troubling.
impel (verb) – force, compel, oblige, constrain, urge, pressurize
discern (verb) – recognize, notice, sense, observe.
intent (noun) – intention, aim, ambition, aspiration, objective, goal, target.
bench (noun) – a court of law with a number of judges.
adjournment (noun) – suspension, discontinuation, postponement, rescheduling.
on behalf of (phrase) – as a representative of, in the name of, at the behest of, in the interest of.
claim (verb) – state, allege, contend.
serve (verb) – present, provide, make available.
petition (noun) – plea, appeal, urgent/earnest request, entreaty.
claim (noun) – statement, allegation, contention.
oblique (adjective) – indirect, implicit, implied.
In the end (phrase) – after all, ultimately, at last.
adjourn (verb) – postpone, reschedule, suspend, discontinue, put off, put back, hold off, defer, delay.
serve (verb) – complete, spend a period/time/term (in prison/office).
life term/sentence (noun) – a punishment for a criminal of imprisonment for life; prison term, prison sentence, jail sentence, penal sentence.
pogrom (noun) – (planned) mass slaughter, mass killing, mass murder (of a particular ethnic group).
remission (noun) – it implies reducing the period of sentence without changing its character (whereas commutation denotes the substitution of a form of punishment for a lighter one).
consent (verb) – agree to, give permission to, approve, allow.
ascertain (verb) – find out, understand, recognize, get to know.
consideration (noun) – attention, analysis; examination, scrutiny.
stipulated (adjective) – prescribed, fixed, specified.
counsel (noun) – lawyer, legal practitioner, legal adviser, legal executive, advocate, barrister, attorney, solicitor.
seek (verb) – ask for, request, appeal, demand.
the Solicitor General (noun) – the second-highest rank for a law officer of the government.
development (noun) – turn of events, occurrence, happening.
backdrop (noun) – situation, scenario, context.
influence (noun) – control, sway, power, authority, domination.
incumbent (adjective) – current, existing, present (holder, bearer or occupant of an office).
regime (noun) – government.
considerable (adjective) – substantial, large, significant.
interest (noun) – common concerns (in politics/business).
intriguingly (adverb) – interestingly, fascinatingly.
Gujarat remission policy, 1992 (noun) – It is the policy of the government to exercise the power of remission for a life-sentenced prisoner who have completed 14 years in jail.
conviction (noun) – sentence, judgement, verdict.
jurisdiction (noun) – power, authority, command, control, sovereignty, influence.
trial (noun) – legal proceedings, legal action, inquiry, hearing.
prematurely (adverb) – too soon, too early, before the usual time.
committee (noun) – commission, panel, advisory body.
nominee (noun) – candidate.
contentious (adjective) – controversial, argumentative, quarrelsome.