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Definition of Execution
1. Noun. Putting a condemned person to death.
Generic synonyms: Corporal Punishment
Specialized synonyms: Burning, Burning At The Stake, Hanging, Burning, Electrocution, Beheading, Decapitation, Crucifixion
Derivative terms: Execute, Execute, Executioner
2. Noun. The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it. "Experience generally improves performance"
Generic synonyms: Action
Specialized synonyms: Specific Performance, Linguistic Performance, Mechanics, Mechanism, Officiation
Derivative terms: Execute, Perform
3. Noun. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer.
Generic synonyms: Physical Process, Process
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Specialized synonyms: Batch Processing, Concurrent Execution, Multiprogramming
Group relationships: Data Processing
4. 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.
Generic synonyms: Subscription
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Execute
5. 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.
Generic synonyms: Court Order
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
6. Noun. The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order. "The agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
Generic synonyms: Enforcement
Derivative terms: Execute, Implement
7. Noun. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
Generic synonyms: Homicide
Specialized synonyms: Assassination, Bloodshed, Gore, Contract Killing, Parricide, Mariticide, Fratricide, Uxoricide, Filicide, Elimination, Liquidation, Butchery, Carnage, Mass Murder, Massacre, Slaughter, Lynching, Regicide, Dry-gulching, Hit, Infanticide, Shoot-down, Tyrannicide, Thuggee
Derivative terms: Execute, Murder, Murderous, Slay
Definition of Execution
1. n. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
Definition of Execution
1. Noun. The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). ¹
2. Noun. The state of being executed (accomplished). ¹
3. Noun. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will. ¹
5. Noun. (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect. ¹
6. Noun. (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Execution
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