CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Antonyms

• leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

• a disposition to be kind and forgiving

• the feeling that motivates compassion

• something for which to be thankful

• alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed

• the act of excusing a mistake or offense

• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

• the formal act of liberating someone

• accept an excuse for

• grant a pardon to

• the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

• the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

• vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

• the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

• a sentence of imprisonment until death