Execution
Role
Role noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.
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- He admits his guilt and stoically accepts his execution for his role in the atrocities, even though he tried to use what little power he had to mitigate the terror inflicted.
Source: Face Death with Dignity -
Henry Bolingbroke / Henry IV seems to see his unwitting role in ordering Richard II's execution as this.
Source: Series / The Hollow Crown - While deNore nurtures a particular grudge aginst Alaric due to the role the boy's mother played in the conviction and execution of his brother, he is also well-known for persecuting Deryni generally.
Source: Literature / Deryni
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