Execution — synonyms, definition

1. execution (a)

assassination murder slaying strangling

2. execution (Noun)

accomplishment achievement act action administration approach assassination attainment capital punishment care carrying into action carrying out chair completion conduct control death penalty deed direction discharge • • •

execution (Noun) — Putting a condemned person to death.

execution (Noun) — The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it.

execution (Noun) — (computing) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer.

execution (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.

execution (Noun) — (law) 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.

execution (Noun) — The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order. ex. "the agency was created for the execution of the policy"

execution (Noun) — Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

action corporal punishment court order enforcement homicide physical process process subscription assassination batch processing beheading bloodshed burning burning at the stake butchery carnage concurrent execution contract killing crucifixion decapitation dry-gulching electrocution elimination filicide fratricide gore hanging hit • • • data processing