| execution |
| A | noun |
| 1 | performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
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| | | 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" |
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| 2 | murder, slaying, execution
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| | | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
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| 3 | execution, implementation, carrying out
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| | | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" |
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| 4 | execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
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| | | putting a condemned person to death |
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| 5 | execution, writ of execution
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| | | 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 |
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| 6 | execution, execution of instrument
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| | | (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 |
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| 7 | execution, instruction execution
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| | | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer |
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