infliction of capital punishment

infliction

— noun an act causing pain or damage — noun (= imposition) the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) — noun (= bother) something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer a bit of a bother he's not a friend, he's an infliction

of Preposition

— Made using. It is a house of cards.

capital Noun

— A capital is the most important city of a country. The government of the country is usually located there. — The (field) capital is the most important city in that particular field. Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital. — A person's capital is all his money and wealth. — A capital forms the topmost member of a column or pilaster. It broadens the area of the column's supporting surface.

capital Adjective

— A capital object or idea is something that is very important. — very good. That is a capital idea! — Involving punishment by death. Not all felonies are capital crimes. — . One begins a sentence with a capital letter.

punishment Noun

— A punishment is a response to bad actions; it is used to try to stop another bad action. Punishment is hard to accept. His punishments were financial and verbal.