execution

execution is a 9-letter English word with 15 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
3. noun. 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. The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
5. noun. A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
6. noun. 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. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
8. noun. The act of sacking a town.
9. noun. 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. noun. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

    Synonyms: murder, slaying

11. noun. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

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

    Synonyms: implementation

12. noun. putting a condemned person to death

    Synonyms: executing

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

Synonyms

performance, murder, slaying, implementation, executing

Common word forms

executions, executional, executioner

Words from these letters

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