capital punishment
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capital punishment
Where it comes from
From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating.
noun capital punishments
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The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.
Similar: death penalty
Translations
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noun punishment by death — see also death penalty
| Español | castigo capital, pena capital, pena de muerte, pena mortal, último suplicio |
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| 한국어 | 사형 sahyeong |
| 日本語 | 死刑 shikei, 極刑 kyokkei, 死罪 shizai |
| 中文 | 死刑 sǐxíng, 極刑 /极刑 jíxíng, 死罪 sǐzuì |
| हिन्दी | मृत्युदण्ड mŕtyudaṇḍ, महादण्ड mahādaṇḍ, सज़ा-ए-मौत sazā-e-maut |
| Português | pena de morte, pena capital |
| Français | peine capitale, peine de mort |
| Deutsch | Todesstrafe |
| Italiano | pena capitale |
| Ελληνικά | θανατική ποινή thanatikí poiní, έσχατη ποινή éschati poiní |
| Română | pedeapsă capitală, pedeapsă cu moartea |
| Русский | сме́ртная казнь smértnaja kaznʹ, вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния výsšaja méra nakazánija, вы́сшая ме́ра výsšaja méra, вы́шка výška, выша́к vyšák |
| Tiếng Việt | tử hình |
| العربية | إِعْدَام ʔiʕdām, عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام ʕuqūbat al-ʔiʕdām, عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت ʕuqūbat al-mawt |
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title = {capital punishment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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