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