execution

Words with a similar base: execution, execution_of_instrument, instruction_execution, writ_of_execution

'execution'

[execution.n.01] as in: putting a condemned person to death

'execution'

[performance.n.03] as in: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

Examples:
they criticised his performance as mayor
experience generally improves performance

'execution'

[execution.n.03] as in: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

'execution'

[execution.n.04] as in: (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'

[execution.n.05] as in: 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

'execution'

[execution.n.06] as in: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

Examples:
the agency was created for the implementation of the policy

'execution'

[murder.n.01] as in: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Origins

					execution (English)
└── execution (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── executio (Latin)

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