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executional

executional

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Relating to carrying out a death sentence
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃənl/
  • NSFW
: ejecutivo
  • The judge scheduled an executional hearing to review the procedures for the sentence.

Examples

  • There are strict executional guidelines that must be followed in capital cases.

  • Many debates center around executional methods in capital punishment.

  • The lawyer challenged the executional process as being unfair to the defendant.

  • The executional aspects of the death penalty are often controversial.

  • The debate over the executional methods used in the judicial system is ongoing.

  • Several countries have revised their executional protocols to ensure humane treatment.

  • International organizations are advocating for a ban on executional practices that violate human rights.

Surface Forms

executional positive

Morphology

executional = execution (transparent) = execute + ion + al

This is a regular suffixal formation from execution, and the meaning 'relating to capital punishment' is directly recoverable from the base.

Etymology

Executional comes from the verb execute, which has the Latin parts ex- 'out' and sequi 'follow' and originally meant 'to follow out' or 'to carry out'. Because execute also came to mean 'to put to death', executional can describe things 'relating to the carrying out of a death sentence'.