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Another word for inquisition

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inquisition

n.

official inquiry, cross-examination, interrogation, third degree*; see examination 1, trial 2.

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Another word for inquisition

noun

A seeking of knowledge, data, or the truth about something:

inquest, inquiry, investigation, probe, research. See investigate

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The rabbit tired of her inquisition and hopped away a few steps.
I have to meet with the Women's Club for an inquisition on Friday.
The Inquisition was established with almost unlimited powers in Italy, and the press was placed under its jurisdiction.
The Inquisition in Spain led to the expulsion of the Jews (1492), and this event involved not only the latter but the whole of the Jewish people.
Portugal, on the other hand, having abolished the Inquisition in 1821, has since 1826 allowed Jews freedom of religion, and there are synagogues in Lisbon and Faro.

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