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Execution Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Execution? [n] 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" [n] unlawful premeditated killing of a human being [n] the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" [n] putting a condemned person to death [n] 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 [n] (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 [n] (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer Synonyms \| Synonyms for Execution: capital punishment \| carrying into action \| carrying out \| death penalty \| executing \| execution of instrument \| homicide \| implementation \| instruction execution \| murder \| performance \| slaying \| writ of execution Related Terms \| Find terms related to Execution: accomplished fact \| accomplishment \| accordance \| achievement \| acquittal \| acquittance \| action \| adherence \| administration \| agency \| angary \| annexation \| annexure \| approach \| art \| assassination \| attachment \| attainment \| ax \| bane \| beheading \| block \| blood \| bloodletting \| bloodshed \| braining \| bringing to fruition \| burning \| cantando \| capital punishment \| care \| carrying out \| collectivization \| commandeering \| commission \| communalization \| communization \| completion \| compliance \| conduct \| confiscation \| conformance \| conformity \| consummation \| cross \| crucifixion \| dealing death \| death chair \| death chamber \| decapitation \| decollation \| defenestration \| delivery \| demilegato \| destruction \| destruction of life \| direction \| discharge \| dispatch \| distraint \| distress \| doing \| driving \| drop \| effectuation \| electric chair \| electrocution \| eminent domain \| enactment \| enforcement \| euthanasia \| exercise \| expression \| expropriation \| extermination \| fait accompli \| fingering \| flow of blood \| fruition \| fulfillment \| functioning \| fusillade \| gallows \| gallows-tree \| garnishment \| garrote \| gas chamber \| gassing \| gibbet \| glissando \| gore \| guillotine \| halter \| handling \| hanging \| heed \| heeding \| hemlock \| hemp \| hempen collar \| hot seat \| immolation \| implementation \| impoundment \| impressment \| intonation \| judicial murder \| keeping \| kill \| killing \| lapidation \| legato \| lethal chamber \| levy \| liquidation \| maiden \| management \| manipulation \| manner \| martyrdom \| martyrization \| mastery \| mercy killing \| mezzo staccato \| mission accomplished \| mode \| murder \| music-making \| nationalization \| necktie party \| noose \| observance \| observation \| occupation \| operancy \| operation \| overproduction \| parlando \| performance \| performing \| perpetration \| pianism \| pizzicato \| poisoning \| practice \| production \| productiveness \| prosecution \| pursuance \| realization \| removal \| rendering \| rendition \| repercussion \| respect \| responsibility \| right of angary \| ritual killing \| ritual murder \| rope \| rubato \| running \| sacrifice \| satisfaction \| scaffold \| sequestration \| shooting \| skill \| slaughter \| slaying \| slur \| socialization \| spiccato \| staccato \| stake \| steering \| stoning \| strangling \| strangulation \| style \| success \| taking of life \| technique \| the ax \| the block \| the chair \| the gallows \| the gas chamber \| the guillotine \| the hot seat \| the rope \| touch \| transaction \| tree \| work \| working \| workings See Also \| action \| assassination \| batch processing \| beheading \| blood \| bloodshed \| burning \| burning at the stake \| butchery \| carnage \| concurrent execution \| corporal punishment \| court order \| crucifixion \| data processing \| decapitation \| dry-gulching \| electrocution \| elimination \| enforcement \| fratricide \| gore \| hanging \| hit \| infanticide \| kill \| killing \| liquidation \| mass murder \| massacre \| mechanics \| mechanism \| multiprogramming \| officiation \| parricide \| process \| putting to death \| shoot-down \| slaughter \| specific performance \| subscription \| thuggee \| tyrannicide Execution In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`e*cu"tion\, n. [F. ex['e]cution, L. executio, exsecutio.] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. --Dryden. 2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. --Shak. 3. 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. The first quality of execution is truth. --Ruskin. 4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) 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. 5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. To do some fatal execution. --Shak. 6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] --Beau. & FL.

Execution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Execution?

[n] 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"
[n] unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
[n] the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
[n] putting a condemned person to death
[n] 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
[n] (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
[n] (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Execution In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex`e*cu"tion\, n. [F. ex['e]cution, L. executio,
exsecutio.]
1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to
   completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as,
   the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

         The excellence of the subject contributed much to
         the happiness of the execution.       --Dryden.

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

         A warrant for his execution.          --Shak.

3. 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.

         The first quality of execution is truth. --Ruskin.

4. (Law)
   (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court
       of law.
   (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to
       carry a judgment into effect; final process.
   (c) 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.

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

         To do some fatal execution.           --Shak.

6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] --Beau. & FL.

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