Definition of execution
noun:
- putting a condemned person to death. Synonyms: capital punishment, death penalty, executing.
- 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". Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, performance.
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer. Synonyms: instruction execution.
- (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. Synonyms: execution of instrument.
- 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. Synonyms: writ of execution.
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy". Synonyms: carrying out, implementation.
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. Synonyms: murder, slaying.
Related words
assassination, beheading, bloodshed, burning, butchery, carnage, crucifixion, decapitation, electrocution, elimination, filicide, fratricide, gore, hanging, hit, infanticide, liquidation, lynching, mariticide, massacre, mechanics, mechanism, officiation, parricide, regicide, slaughter, thuggee, tyrannicide, uxoricide.
Rhymes with
ablution, absolution, aleutian, andalusian, attribution, confucian, constitution, contribution, devolution, dilution, dilution, diminution, dissolution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, evolution, evolution, evolution.
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