execution

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

2. 2noun

   A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.

5. 5noun

   A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

6. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

8. 8noun

   The act of sacking a town.

9. 9noun

   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

   performance
10. 10noun

    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

    Synonyms

    murderslaying
11. 11noun

    the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

    "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

    Synonyms

    implementation
12. 12noun

    putting a condemned person to death

    Synonyms

    executing
13. 13noun

    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

14. 14noun

    (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

15. 15noun

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