Synonyms for capital punishment

Most common

death penalty · execution

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.

Example sentences

• execution Is execution by lethal injection unconstitutional?

By length

9 letters

execution⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (execution⁴ = 4 syllables).