生せい命めい刑けい

noun

death penalty; capital punishment

Formal legal term for the death penalty; synonymous with 死刑 (しけい), which is more common in everyday and legal contexts.

See also: 死刑

• 生せい命めい刑けいの存そん廃ぱいについては、国くにによって意い見けんが分わかれる。

  Opinions on the abolition or retention of the death penalty differ from country to country.