execution
the infliction of capital punishment or, formerly, of any legal punishment.
the process of performing a judgment or sentence of a court: The judge stayed execution of the sentence pending appeal.
a mode or style of performance; technical skill, as in music: The pianist's execution of the sonata was consummate.
effective, usually destructive action, or the result attained by it (usually preceded by do): The grenades did rapid execution.
Law. a judicial writ directing the enforcement of a judgment.
Computers. the act of running, or the results of having run, a program or routine, or the performance of an instruction.
Origin of execution
1Other words from execution
- ex·e·cu·tion·al, adjective
- non·ex·e·cu·tion, noun
- pre·ex·e·cu·tion, noun
- re·ex·e·cu·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for execution
/ (ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃən) /
the act or process of executing
the carrying out or undergoing of a sentence of death
the style or manner in which something is accomplished or performed; technique: as a pianist his execution is poor
the enforcement of the judgment of a court of law
the writ ordering such enforcement
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