execution (n.)

  1. putting a condemned person to death

    [ Syn: executing , capital punishment , death penalty ]

  2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; they criticised his performance as mayor; experience generally improves performance

    [ Syn: performance , carrying out , carrying into action ]

  3. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

    [ Syn: instruction execution ]

  4. (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

    [ Syn: execution of instrument ]

  5. a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

    [ Syn: writ of execution ]

  6. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; the agency was created for the implementation of the policy

    [ Syn: implementation , carrying out ]

  7. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

    [ Syn: murder , slaying ]

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