Synonyms for death penalty
death penal·ty

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. death penaltynoun

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

2. death penaltynoun

   A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state.

   Synonyms:
   capital punishment

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. execution, executing, capital punishment, death penaltynoun

   putting a condemned person to death

   Synonyms:
   slaying, performance, carrying into action, execution, implementation, instruction execution, capital punishment, execution of instrument, executing, carrying out, murder, writ of execution

Matched Categories

1. • Corporal Punishment

How to pronounce death penalty?

How to say death penalty in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use death penalty in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   If we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time, and that toughness includes the death penalty.

2. High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein:

   Taheri's multiple convictions on a variety of vague charges, his alleged detention in solitary confinement and now his sentencing to death bring into stark focus serious issues with the administration of justice and the terribly worrying use of the death penalty in Iran, for an individual to be sentenced to death for peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, religion or belief is an absolute outrage -- and a clear violation of international human rights law.

3. Maine Gov. Paul LePage:

   I think the death penalty should be appropriate for people that kill Mainers, we've got to go 20 years, we've got to keep them here until they die.

4. Penny Mordaunt:

   No one should face the death penalty because of who they love. Brunei's decision is barbaric and the UK stands with the LGBT + community and those who defend their rights, lGBT + rights are human rights.

5. William Henry:

   I still believe the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment.