capital – capital punishment (death penalty)

(Pronounced kap-i-tl)

The word capital is found in act 1, scene 3, line 114 of Macbeth Shakespeare.

"But treasons capital, confess'd and prov'd have overthrown him."

(Read as: But he was execute for high treason, which he admitted and was proven guilty of.)

To remember the definition of the word capital, use the following mnemonic:

In the capital city of England, it was clear as you entered that some people had been given the death penalty.