What does "capital punishment" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "capital punishment"?

Common synonyms include: death penalty, execution, ax, beheading, burning, capital penalty.

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Noun

1
The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. countable, uncountable
2
putting a condemned person to death wordnet

From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating.