Definition of Execution

Noun: execution ,ek-su'kyoo-shun

Putting a condemned person to death
- executing, capital punishment, death penalty
The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- performance, carrying out, carrying into action
(computing) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- instruction execution
(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 of instrument
(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
- writ of execution
The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
"the agency was created for the execution of the policy";
- implementation, carrying out
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- murder, slaying