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Meaning of 'execution' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Execution [ n.]
- The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
- A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
- 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 carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
- A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
- 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.
- That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
- The act of sacking a town.

Meaning of 'execution' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . execution [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Example in sentence:
  • experience generally improves performance;
  • they criticised his performance as mayor
Meaning (2):
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
Example in sentence:
  • the agency was created for the implementation of the policy

Nearby Words:

exeat execrable execrate execrated execrating execration execrative execratory exect exection

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