| Main Entry: | capital punishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death penalty |
Synonyms: |
death sentence, death warrant, execution, extreme penalty, judicial murder |
| Notes: | corporal punishment, from Latin corpus 'body,' means 'bodily'; capital punishment originally involved losing one's head, from Latin capit- 'head' |
| Main Entry: | death penalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | execution of a condemned person |
Synonyms: |
capital punishment, death sentence, death warrant, execution, judicial execution, judicial murder, legalized killing |