WORD: INQUISITION
MEANING:
1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation. See Synonyms at inquiry.
2. Law An inquest.
3.
a. Inquisition A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy.
b. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
c. A rigorous or severe questioning: "Looking pained at having to endure another inquisition [from the press, the football coach] assumed his usual monotone as he parried questions" (Judy Battista).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Inquisition begins after SA series loss, India players confined to hotel
PRONOUNCE:
in·qui·si·tion - इन्क्वज़िशन / इन्क्विज़िशन
LINK: INQUISITION
MEANING:
1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation. See Synonyms at inquiry.
2. Law An inquest.
3.
a. Inquisition A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy.
b. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
c. A rigorous or severe questioning: "Looking pained at having to endure another inquisition [from the press, the football coach] assumed his usual monotone as he parried questions" (Judy Battista).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Inquisition begins after SA series loss, India players confined to hotel
PRONOUNCE:
in·qui·si·tion - इन्क्वज़िशन / इन्क्विज़िशन
LINK: INQUISITION
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