Capital Punishment Definition
noun
The penalty of death for a crime.
Webster's New World
The practice or legal sanction of allowing the imposition of the penalty of death for people convicted of committing certain crimes.
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Other Word Forms of Capital Punishment
Noun
Singular:
capital punishment
Plural:
capital-punishmentsOrigin of Capital Punishment
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capital + punishment, originally by beheading or decapitating
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