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Sobering (adjective)
Making feel serious and thoughtful/ make or become more serious, sensible, and solemn. गम्भीर
Synonyms: Serious, Solemn, Profound, Raucous
Antonyms: Easy, Facile, Friendly, Insignificant, Trivial, Worthless
Example: The questions like triple Talaq and Article 370 falls into sobering category.
Alleged (adjective)
Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality. कथित/ निर्दिष्ट
Synonyms: Claimed, Professed, Purported, Unproven, Reported, Stated
Antonyms: Certain, Definite, Sure, Proved, Convicted
Example: The teacher alleged that a number of students had cheated on the test, but the accusation was later shown to be completely untrue.
Procurement (noun)
The action or occupation of acquiring military equipment and supplies./ the action of obtaining or procuring something. सरकारी खरीद/अधिप्राप्ति
Synonyms: Acquisition, Acquirement, Appropriation, Attainment
Antonyms: Auction, Sell, Dispose
Example: In order to make sandwiches to feed the homeless, we will need to procure donations from local businesses.
Consortium (noun)
An association, typically of several companies. संकाय/ संघ “of several companies”
Synonyms: Syndicate, Corporation, Conglomerate, Pool
Antonyms: Scattering, Distribution
Example: When the consortium of doctors from across the globe meet, its members will discuss the best way to contain the virus.
Conspiracy (noun)
A secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act./ a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act. षड्यंत्र/साजिश
Synonyms: Plotting, Collusion, Intrigue, Connivance, Counterplot
Antonyms: Faithfulness, Honesty, Ignorance, Loyalty
Example: When I am online, I often feel there is a conspiracy by government organizations to track my every click.
Embattled (adjective)
Having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement. परेशानियों से घिरी/संकट ग्रस्त
Synonyms: Beset, Crenelated, Fighting, Fortified
Antonyms: Peace, Calm, Liberated, Harmonic
Example: The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturday over some trivial issue.
Acquit (verb)
Free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty. दोषमुक्त करना/अपराध मुक्त करना
Synonyms: Absolve, Clear, Exonerate, Exculpate, Declare Innocent, Found not Guilty
Antonyms: Accuse, Blame, Charge, Convict, Incriminate, Punish, Sentence
Example: Everyone was shocked by the killer’s acquittal which allowed him to leave prison.
Scandal (noun)
An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage. कलंक लगानेवाला/अपमानपूर्ण
Synonyms: Wrongdoing, Misconduct, Impropriety, Dishonor, Disrepute
Antonyms: Good Deed, Commendation, Compliment, Esteem, Exaltation, Goodness
Example: The bank is under investigation following a financial scandal in which some elderly women were robbed of their savings.
Convictions (noun)
A formal declaration of finding someone guilty of a criminal offence. अपराध स्थापन
Synonyms: Sentence, Judgment, Declaration, Pronouncement (of guilt)
Antonyms: Acquittal, Absolution, Discharge, Exculpation
Example: Some people believe that Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by someone other than the man who was convicted of the crime.
Ramification (noun)
A complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event. असर/ निहित होना
Synonyms: Consequence, Result, Outcome, Effect, Upshot, Complicate Development
Antonyms: Cause, Source, Origin, Genesis
Example: When you started dating a married woman, did you not realize a ramification of your actions would be her husband’s hatred?
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 13 Dec 2016The arrest of Indian Air Force former chief Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi on Friday by the Central Bureau of Investigation is a sobering (गम्भीर) moment. This is the first instance of a serving or retired military chief being arrested on charges of corruption. The CBI arrested ACM Tyagi, his cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan in connection with the purchase order for VVIP helicopters in 2010 for the IAF. In an official statement, the CBI said they were arrested for alleged (कथित/ निर्दिष्ट) irregularities in the procurement (सरकारी खरीद/अधिप्राप्ति) of a dozen AW101 VVIP helicopters from U.K.-based AgustaWestland, part of the Italian consortium (संकाय/ संघ “of several companies”) Finmeccanica. The CBI claims that ACM Tyagi “entered into criminal conspiracy (षड्यंत्र/साजिश) with other accused persons and in 2005” to change the service ceiling of VVIP helicopters from 6,000 m to 4,500 m, to make Agusta Westland eligible to participate in the tender (निविदा/प्रस्ताव) . Twelve per cent of the total deal of Rs. 3,767 crore is alleged to have been the commission involved. After the allegations first emerged in Italy, an embattled (परेशानियों से घिरी/संकट ग्रस्त) UPA government had moved swiftly to order an investigation in February 2013. The case was handed over to the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, which have relied substantially on evidence from Italian courts. The case in Italy has witnessed several twists and turns, with a lower court in October 2014 acquitting (दोषमुक्त करना/अपराध मुक्त करना) ACM Tyagi, Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and others of corruption charges. On April 8, 2016, the Milan Court of Appeal overturned the order, and sentenced Mr. Orsi to about four years in jail.
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1. Synonym of Conspiracy
2. Antonym of Consortium
3. Synonym of Alleged
4. Antonym of Scandal
5. Synonym of Ramification
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