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[しょ()·けい()]
shokei
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 処刑

noun, suru verb
  1. execution

Definition and Synonyms for 処刑

Penalisation the act of punishing
Synonyms: ペナルティー, 仕置, お仕置き, 処分, 処刑, 処罰, 刑戮, 刑罰, 制裁, 天罰, 天誅, 懲らしめ, 懲らしめる, 懲戒, 懲罰, 成敗, 成敗, 戒め, 戒める, 科罰, 縛め, 罪科, ,
Execution putting a condemned person to death
Synonyms: 処刑, 刑戮, 極刑, 死刑, 死罪
Execute kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
Synonyms: 処刑, 刑する, 刑戮, 戮する, 誅する
Execute murder in a planned fashion
Synonyms: 処刑

Meanings for each kanji in 処刑

» dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place
» punish; penalty; sentence; punishment

Categories 処刑 is a member of

Social Control control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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Corporal Punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
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Kill cause to die
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Hit kill intentionally and with premeditation
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Punish impose a penalty on
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 処刑

Sample Sentences for 処刑

The king was executed.
He was executed as a spy.
The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI.
Many countries have abolished capital punishment.
Charles the First of England was guillotined.

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