Death warrant and Execution

Death warrant

Death warrant noun - A warrant to execute the death sentence.
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Execution and death warrant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Execution" instead a noun phrase "Death warrant".

Execution

Execution noun - The doing of an action.

Death warrant and execution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Death warrant" instead a noun "Execution".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Anne of the Thousand Days begins with Anne awaiting execution while Henry steels himself to sign her death warrant.
  • Supposedly Queen Elizabeth I didn't mean the death warrant she had signed for Mary, Queen of Scots actually to be enacted but the Privy Council decided to carry out the execution before she could change her mind.
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