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; usingknowledge 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
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"