Definition of execution

noun (n)

• putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)

  Synonym: capital punishment, death penalty, executing
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it (noun.act)

  Synonym: carrying into action, carrying out, performance
  

  source: wordnet30
• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer (noun.process)

  Synonym: instruction execution
  

  source: wordnet30
• (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 (noun.communication)

  Synonym: execution of instrument
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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 (noun.communication)

  Synonym: writ of execution
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order (noun.act)

  Synonym: carrying out, implementation
  

  source: wordnet30
• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)

  Synonym: murder, slaying
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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