tantamount
തുല്യമാണ്
definition
adjective
the resignations were tantamount to an admission of guilt
equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as.
example
Joining a dating agency has no stigma, it is 'tantamount' to joining a private members' club.
The report stated that much of what had been done to them was 'tantamount' to genocide.
The argument that giving the parliament limited tax powers would be 'tantamount' to independence is nonsense.
An industry source said the step would be 'tantamount' to declaring war on the US airline industry.
You'd be pretty angry if your salary didn't go up in line with inflation each year, because it would be 'tantamount' to a pay cut.
When he signed up for the army it was 'tantamount' to an admission that reality had intruded on his dream.
The court held that his action was 'tantamount' to bidding on behalf of the vendor and he classified this as an unlawful act.
I remember them being everywhere when I was a nipper and a nettle sting was 'tantamount' to being bitten by a dog.
Refusing a mortgage applicant can be 'tantamount' to sentencing them to long-term poverty.
Forcing a publisher to publish something against their will is 'tantamount' to censorship.
What do you say to those who equate modern art with nihilism and say its very existence is 'tantamount' to the death of art?
Dare to criticize any of those folks from within the left and it's 'tantamount' to McCarthyism.
In fact, charging people to use the road would be seen as 'tantamount' to having an admission fee for entry to the town.
Would alcoholics seek help for their illness if doing so were 'tantamount' to confessing to criminal activity?
Relegation is unthinkable and would be 'tantamount' to financial melt-down.
The consequences could have been 'tantamount' to a death sentence.
Remember, refusal to give a thumb print is 'tantamount' to a confession.
Voting against the directors, he was advised, would be 'tantamount' to declaring war.
Service in the armed forces can be risky, but it is not 'tantamount' to a death sentence.
Going on holiday without a school's permission is 'tantamount' to truancy, said the junior education minister.
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