execution (taking of life as punishment)

execute a person

to escape; to run away; to get away (so to not get caught) / to escape (from a dangerous or bad situation) / to avoid, to stay away from / (sports) to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

public execution / (figuratively) public embarrassment

The one that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning

(of a professional) superior