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1) Clemency (Noun) — दया
Definition: Mercy; Lenience.
Synonyms: Mercy, Mercifulness, Leniency, Lenience
Antonyms: Ruthlessness, Strictness
Usage: There is scope for judicial review even against a sovereign decision denying clemency.
2) Condign (Adjective) — लायक़
Definition: (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
Synonyms: Competent, Deserved, Due, Fair
Antonyms: Incoherent, Incorrect, Irrelative, Irrelevant
Usage: A suspension without pay is condign punishment for breaking the company’s code of business ethics.
3) Heinous (Adjective) — जघन्य
Definition: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
Synonyms: Odious, Wicked, Evil, Atrocious
Antonyms: Admirable
Usage: A battery of heinous crimes.
4) Clamour (Noun) — कोलाहल
Definition: A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.
Synonyms: Din, Racket, Loud Noise, Uproar, Tumult, Babel
Antonyms: Silence
Usage: The questions rose to a clamour.
5) Deterrence (Noun) — रोकथाम
Definition: The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
Synonyms: Determent, Disincentive, Dissuasion, Obviation
Antonyms: Permissive
Usage: Nuclear missiles remain the main deterrence against possible aggression.
6) Freakish (Adjective) — आवेगपूर्ण, सनकी
Definition: Very unusual, strange, or unexpected.
Synonyms: Capricious, Impulsive, Whimsical
Antonyms: Equable
Usage: Freakish weather
7) Tepid (adjective) — थोड़ा उत्साह दिखाना
Definition: Showing little enthusiasm.
Synonyms: Unenthusiastic, Apathetic, Half-hearted, Indifferent
Antonyms: Enthusiastic, Passionate
Usage: Across a majority of geographies and economic groupings, wage expansions were noticeably tepid last year.
8) Intensification (Noun) — तीव्रता
Definition: The action of making or becoming more intense.
Synonyms: Escalation, Stepping up, Boosting, Increase, Pickup
Antonyms: Lessening, Abatement
Usage: The intensification of the conflict.
9) Deceleration (Noun) — अवत्वरण
Definition: Reduction in speed or rate.
Synonyms: Brake, Retard, Slacken, Slow
Antonyms: Accelerate, Hasten, Hurry, Quicken
Usage: she decelerated the car as we entered the school zone.
10) Decouple (Verb) – अलग करना
Definition: Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
Synonyms: Break up, Disassociate, Disconnect, Disjoin
Antonyms: Join, Link, Unify, Unite
Usage: To have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion.
