Definition for Capital punishment:

• The decision by a jury, in the second phase of a captital case, that the convicted defendant should be put to death.

Synonyms for Capital punishment:

• n.

  •
  • execute,
  • the chair,
  • death warrant.
  •act (noun)
  • executing,
  • execution,
  • capital punishment.
  •execution (noun)
  • be-heading,
  • necktie parties,
  • contract killings,
  • be heading,
  • guillotinings,
  • de capitations,
  • impalements,
  • be headings,
  • be-headings,
  • de capitation,
  • gassings,
  • strangulations,
  • rub outs,
  • lethal injections,
  • de-capitation,
  • de-capitations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • executioner,
  • behead,
  • the death penalty,
  • death row,
  • crucifixion,
  • hangman,
  • gas chamber,
  • gibbet.
  •
  • reprieve,
  • scaffold,
  • noose.
  •
  • hanging,
  • stake,
  • guillotine.
  •
  • chair.

Hypernym for Capital punishment:

• n.

  • act
    burning, hanging, beheading, crucifixion, burning at the stake, decapitation, electrocution.

Hyponym for Capital punishment:

• n.

  • act
    corporal punishment.