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:
- acquittal (noun) – declaration of innocence, clearing/discharge/release, absolution.
- omnibus (adjective) – the Latin word meaning “for all”; comprising several items.
- personnel (noun) – staff, employees, workforce.
- conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
- hostile (adjective) – opposed, averse, unfavourable.
- prosecution (noun) – legal action, legal proceeding, litigation.
- under oath (phrase) – promised to tell the truth (in a court of law).
- allegedly (adverb) – supposedly, unprovenly, reportedly.
- intercept (verb) – obstruct, impede, interrupt/detain.
- consolation (noun) – comfort, solace, relief.
- coincidence (noun) – co-occurrence, coexistence; concurrence/simultaneity.
- under a cloud (phrase) – in disgrace, disgraced, discredited/shamed.
- suspicion (noun) – speculation, doubt, misgiving (of other people).
- overtones (noun) – connotation, hidden meaning/implication, association.
- subsequent (adjective) – following, ensuing, successive.
- exoneration (noun) – vindication, acquittal, discharge.
- interpret (verb) – understand, construe, explain/regard.
- imply (verb) – say indirectly, suggest, hint.
- pre-emptive (adjective) – preventive, precautionary, protective.
- tacit (adjective) – implicit, indirect, hinted.
- extrajudicial (adjective) – out-of court, private, unauthorized/unwarranted (by law).
- regrettable (adjective) – undesirable, unfortunate, disappointing.
- 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.
- narrative (noun) – portrayal, statement, report (about a particular condition in which a series of things are happening).
- build around (phrasal verb) – organize, develop, make.
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