Meanings
nounthe death penalty (plural death penalties)
plural death penalties
- lawA punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
Joe Biden deserves the death penalty and Jonald Trump bad.
2024 June 4, very tall bart, 0:09 from the start, in [YTP] Jordan Peterson confesses, spoken by Joe Biden (Joe Biden)1 more example
And if you would like one more fact about this worthy, he was responsible for an Act on the statute book abolishing the death penalty for cattle rustling.
2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 71Synonyms: capital punishment, execution, Texas justice
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA punishment in which the offender is put to death by the state.
More synonyms by meaning
nounputting a condemned person to death
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Translations
Arabic إِعْدَام, عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام
- إِعْدَام (ʔiʕdām)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام (ʕuqūbat al-ʔiʕdām)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت (ʕuqūbat al-mawt)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Bengali মৃত্যুদণ্ড
- মৃত্যুদণ্ড (mrittudonḍo)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Bulgarian смъ́ртно наказа́ние
- смъ́ртно наказа́ние (smắrtno nakazánie)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Catalan pena de mort
- pena de mortstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Chinese Mandarin 死刑, 極刑 /极刑
- 死刑 (sǐxíng)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- 極刑 /极刑 (jíxíng)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- 死罪 (sǐzuì)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Czech trest smrti
- trest smrtistate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Danish dødsstraf
- dødsstrafstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Dutch doodstraf
- doodstrafstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Esperanto mortpuno
- mortpunostate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Finnish kuolemanrangaistus
- kuolemanrangaistusstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
French peine de mort, peine capitale
- peine de mortstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- peine capitalestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- punition capitalestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
German Todesstrafe
- Todesstrafestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Hebrew עונש מוות
- עונש מוותstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Hindi मृत्युदंड, महादण्द
- मृत्युदंड (mŕtyudaṇḍ)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- महादण्द (mahādaṇd)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- सज़ा-ए-मौत (sazā-e-maut)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Hungarian halálbüntetés
- halálbüntetésstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Icelandic dauðarefsing
- dauðarefsingstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Indonesian hukuman mati
- hukuman matistate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Irish pionós báis
- pionós báisstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Italian pena di morte, pena capitale
- pena di mortestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- pena capitalestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Japanese 死刑, 極刑
- 死刑 (shikei)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- 極刑 (kyokkei)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- 死罪 (shizai)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Korean 사형
- 사형 (sahyeong)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Latin mortis poena
- mortis poenastate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Latvian nāvessods
- nāvessodsstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Lithuanian mirties bausmė
- mirties bausmėstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Malay hukuman mati
- hukuman matistate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Norwegian Bokmål dødsstraff
- dødsstraffstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Polish kara śmierci, najwyższy wymiar kary
- kara śmiercistate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- najwyższy wymiar karystate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Portuguese pena de morte
- pena de mortestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Romanian pedeapsă cu moartea
- pedeapsă cu moarteastate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Russian сме́ртная казнь, вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния
- сме́ртная казнь (smértnaja kaznʹ)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния (výsšaja méra nakazánija)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- вы́шка (výška)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Slovak trest smrti
- trest smrtistate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Spanish pena de muerte, pena mortal
- pena de muertestate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- pena mortalstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- pena capitalstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- último supliciostate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Swedish dödsstraff
- dödsstraffstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Tagalog parusang kamatayan
- parusang kamatayanstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Tamil மரணதண்டனை
- மரணதண்டனை (maraṇataṇṭaṉai)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Thai โทษประหารชีวิต, ประหารชีวิต
- โทษประหารชีวิต (tôot-bprà-hǎan-chii-wít)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- ประหารชีวิต (bprà-hǎan-chii-wít)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Turkish idam cezası, ölüm cezası
- idam cezasıstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- ölüm cezasıstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Ukrainian сме́ртна ка́ра, ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння
- сме́ртна ка́ра (smértna kára)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння (výšča míra pokaránnja)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Urdu سَزائے مَوت
- سَزائے مَوت (sazāe maut)state punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Vietnamese án tử hình, tử hình
- án tử hìnhstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- tử hìnhstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Welsh cosb marwolaeth, cosb angau
- cosb marwolaethstate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
- cosb angaustate punishment of death — see also capital punishment
Cite this entry
APA
death penalty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20penalty
MLA
“death penalty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20penalty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death penalty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20penalty.
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