The Hindu Editorial (Failure of justice) – Dec 24, 2018

The omnibus acquittal of all the police personnel accused of eliminating Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a ‘fake encounter’ in Gujarat in 2005 represents a substantial failure of justice. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Failure of justice) – Dec 24, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Failure of justice) – Dec 24, 2018:

1. acquittal (noun) – declaration of innocence, clearing/discharge/release, absolution.
2. omnibus (adjective) – the Latin word meaning “for all”; comprising several items.
3. personnel (noun) – staff, employees, workforce.
4. conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
5. hostile (adjective) – opposed, averse, unfavourable.
6. prosecution (noun) – legal action, legal proceeding, litigation.
7. under oath (phrase) – promised to tell the truth (in a court of law).
8. allegedly (adverb) – supposedly, unprovenly, reportedly.
9. intercept (verb) – obstruct, impede, interrupt/detain.
10. consolation (noun) – comfort, solace, relief.
11. coincidence (noun) – co-occurrence, coexistence; concurrence/simultaneity.
12. under a cloud (phrase) – in disgrace, disgraced, discredited/shamed.
13. suspicion (noun) – speculation, doubt, misgiving (of other people).
14. overtones (noun) – connotation, hidden meaning/implication, association.
15. subsequent (adjective) – following, ensuing, successive.
16. exoneration (noun) – vindication, acquittal, discharge.
17. interpret (verb) – understand, construe, explain/regard.
18. imply (verb) – say indirectly, suggest, hint.
19. pre-emptive (adjective) – preventive, precautionary, protective.
20. tacit (adjective) – implicit, indirect, hinted.
21. extrajudicial (adjective) – out-of court, private, unauthorized/unwarranted (by law).
22. regrettable (adjective) – undesirable, unfortunate, disappointing.
23. triumphalist (adjective) – relating to an attitude or a belief that a particular doctrine, religion, culture, social system is superior to and should triumph all over others.
24. narrative (noun) – portrayal, statement, report (about a particular condition in which a series of things are happening).
25. build around (phrasal verb) – organize, develop, make.

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