inquisition, n.Definitions

Inquisition (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the death squad of its day: Descartes reportedly destroyed his treatise on the mind after hearing what happened to Galileo.