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1. (n.) execution
the act or process of executing.
2. execution
the state or fact of being executed.
3. execution
the infliction of capital punishment or, formerly, of any legal punishment.
4. execution
the process of enforcing a court judgment.
5. execution
a mode or style of performance; technical skill, as in music.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
putting a condemned person to death
2. (noun) performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
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"
3. (noun) execution, instruction execution
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
4. (noun) execution, execution of instrument
(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
5. (noun) execution, writ of execution
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
6. (noun) execution, implementation, carrying out
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
"the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
7. (noun) murder, slaying, execution
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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1. (noun) execution
the act or process of killing as punishment
***his execution in the electric chair
2. execution
the completion of sth
the execution of the task
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) execution
the act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc
2. (noun) execution
a putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer
3. (noun) execution
the act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music
4. (noun) execution
the carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law
5. (noun) execution
a judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process
6. (noun) execution
the act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will
7. (noun) execution
that which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do
8. (noun) execution
the act of sacking a town
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