The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Justice, slow but sure | 23 July

The Hindu Editorial Article of 23rd July 2020 – Justice, slow but sure.

Conviction (noun) दोषसिद्धि
Meaning:- a formal declaration by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offence.
Synonyms:- confidence, faith, feeling
Antonyms: distrust, doubt, disbelief
Example:- Conviction of police for passing off murder as an ‘encounter’ is welcome, though delayed

Pass off (Phrasal Verb) ध्यान बँटाना
Meaning:- to make people believe that a person or thing is something else
Synonyms:- misspeak, deceive, makeup
Example:- Conviction of police for passing off murder as an ‘encounter’ is welcome, though delayed

cover-up (noun) छिपाना
Meaning:- an attempt to prevent people discovering the truth about a serious mistake or crime.
Synonyms:- complicity, conspiracy, evasion
Example:-It is not often that policemen involved in shooting people
dead and seeking to cover up the incident

Inevitable (adjective) अपरिहार्य
Meaning:- certain to happen; unavoidable.
Synonyms:- imminent, impending, inexorable
Antonyms: avoidable, distant
Example:- it is inevitable that one must lament the tardiness of the criminal justice system.

lament (verb) शोक प्रकट करना
Meaning:- express regret or disappointment about something.
Synonyms:- cry, howl, hurt
Antonyms: be happy, relieve
Example:- it is inevitable that one must lament the tardiness of the criminal justice system.

Tardiness (noun) शिथिलता
Meaning:- the quality or fact of being late; lateness.
Synonyms:-
Antonyms:
Example:- it is inevitable that one must lament the tardiness of the criminal justice system.

Prosecute (verb) मुक़दमा करना
Meaning:- institute or conduct legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
Synonyms:- delay, detention, slowness
Antonyms: promptness, punctuality
Example:- Even accounting for the usual or expected delay in prosecuting police personnel

Assassinated (verb) हत्या
Meaning:- murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons.
Synonyms:- execute, gun down, kill
Antonyms: bear, create
Example:- The trial of the men who assassinated Railway Minister L.N. Mishra

Massacre (verb) हत्या
Meaning:- deliberately and brutally kill (many people).
Synonyms:- annihilate, butcher
Antonyms: bear, create
Example:- in which nearly 40 Muslims were massacred in 1987

Acquittal (noun) दोषमुक्ति
Meaning:- a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
Synonyms:- absolution, amnesty, clearance
Antonyms: hold, retention
Example:- ended with an en masse acquittal in 2015

Impunity (noun) दण्ड मुक्ति
Meaning:- exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
Synonyms:-
Antonyms:
Example:- decades of impunity really serves the cause of justice.

Axiom (noun) स्वयंसिद्ध
Meaning:- a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.
Synonyms:- immunity, dispensation
Antonyms: denial, prohibition, veto
Example:- it does not mean there is no truth in the old axiom that delay amounts to denial of justice.

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