Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun inquisition

2 senses of inquisition

Sense 1
Inquisition -- (a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy)
       => court, tribunal, judicature -- (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)

Sense 2
inquisition -- (a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals))
       => interrogation, examination, interrogatory -- (formal systematic questioning)