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CIVIL DEATH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cancellation of civil rights
Synonyms:
attainder; civil death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("civil death" is a kind of...):
cancellation (the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("civil death" is a kind of...):
legal status (a status defined by law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
