execution

[ ek-si-kyoo-shuhn ]

/ ˌɛk sɪˈkyu ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of executing.

the state or fact of being executed.

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.

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Origin of execution

1250–1300; Middle English execucioun<Latin execūtiōn- (stem of execūtiō). See executive, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM execution

ex·e·cu·tion·al, adjectivenon·ex·e·cu·tion, nounpre·ex·e·cu·tion, nounre·ex·e·cu·tion, noun

How to use execution in a sentence

We allow them no executional privileges which we do not claim for ourselves.
The English in the West Indies|James Anthony Froude

British Dictionary definitions for execution

execution

/ (ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃən) /

noun

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; techniqueas 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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