10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Jurisdiction (noun)
The official power to make legal decisions and judgements. क्षेत्राधिकार
Synonyms: Authority, Control, Power, Dominion
Antonyms: Impotence, Incapacity, Powerlessness, Submission
Example: The court has jurisdiction over most criminal offenses.
Conventions (noun)
A way in which something is usually done. सम्मेलन
Synonyms: Meeting, Show, Assemblage, Assembly
Antonyms: Disagreement, Discord, Strangeness
Example: We go to the weeklong annual teachers' convention every summer.
Restrictions (noun)
A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one. प्रतिबंध
Synonyms: Check, Condition, Constraint, Control
Antonyms: Allowance, Liberation, Permission, Advantage
Example: They placed/imposed restrictions on smoking indoors.
Destinations (noun)
The place to which someone or something is going or being sent. स्थल
Synonyms: Harbor, Haven, Station, Stop
Antonyms: Beginning, Source, Start
Example: After stopping for lunch, we continued on toward/to our destination.
Attention (noun)
Notice taken of someone or something ध्यान
Synonyms: Awareness, Notice, Observation, Consciousness
Antonyms: Disregard, Indifference, Laziness, Lethargy
Example: We focused our attention on this particular poem.
Indulged (verb)
Allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of. लिप्त
Synonyms: Entertain, Nourish, Pamper, Satiate
Antonyms: Deprive, Dissatisfy, Ignore, Neglect
Example: She has never been one to indulge in gossip.
Dispensation (noun)
Exemption from a rule or usual requirement. व्यवस्था
Synonyms: Disbursement, Allotment, Appointment, Apportionment
Antonyms: Disfavor, Hole, Denial, Veto
Example: The priest asked for dispensation from his vows.
Initiative (noun)
Official action that is taken to solve a problem or improve a situation. पहल
Synonyms: Enterprise, Inventiveness, Resourcefulness, Capability.
Antonyms: Cowardice, Idleness, Inactivity, Indifference.
Example: There's talk of a new peace initiative.
Hailed (verb)
To call someone in order to attract their attention. जयजयकार करना
Synonyms: Beat, Shower, Rain, Fall
Antonyms: Knocking, Slamming, Disparaging, Panning
Example: Shall we hail a taxi?
Inaugurate (verb)
Begin or introduce (a system, policy, or period). अभिषेक करना
Synonyms: Initiate, Begin, Start, Institute
Antonyms: End, Wind Up, Conclude, Finish
Example: The new President will be inaugurated on January 20.
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Source: Similar Word · 11 Sep 2023Cast (verb) - Throw (something) in a specified direction/ cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface. Synonyms: Throw, Fling, Pitch, Hurl, Bowl, Dash, Lob, Launch, Project, Propel, Send. Example: The old tree cast a shadow over the flowers in the garden. Caste (noun) - Each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status. Synonyms: Class, Social Class, Social Order, Social Division, Grade, Group, Stratum, Degree. Example: In the tribe, there is a caste system based on skin color with the darker-skinned people comprising the lower class.
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1. Synonym of Indulged
2. Antonym of Conventions
3. Synonym of Restrictions
4. Antonym of Hailed
5. Synonym of Destinations
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