INQUISITION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
    Hypernyms(s) inquisition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
    Hypernyms(s) Inquisition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)