🔤 Water Ordeal ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
paani ki azmaish (qadeem insaf ka tarika)
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ENGLISH
📚noun
water ordeal
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈwɔː.tər ɔːrˈdiːl/
Phonetic: /waw tur or deel/
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DEFINITION
an ancient judicial practice where an accused person was subjected to immersion in water to test innocence or guilt
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
In medieval times, a accused person might face a harsh water ordeal.
Historians study the water ordeal as an ancient method of legal judgment.
During a cold water ordeal, floating was paradoxically viewed as proof of guilt.
Superstition guided decisions in the traditional water ordeal practices.
Modern legal systems replaced methods like the water ordeal with trial by jury.
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SYNONYMS
trial by water trial by ordeal
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ANTONYMS
fair trial due process
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