Noun

• S: (n) execution (execution%1:04:00::), executing (executing%1:04:00::), capital punishment (capital_punishment%1:04:00::), death penalty (death_penalty%1:04:00::) (putting a condemned person to death)
• S: (n) performance (performance%1:04:00::), execution (execution%1:04:02::), carrying out (carrying_out%1:04:01::), carrying into action (carrying_into_action%1:04:00::) (the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it) "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
• S: (n) execution (execution%1:22:00::), instruction execution (instruction_execution%1:22:00::) ((computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
• S: (n) execution (execution%1:10:01::), execution of instrument (execution_of_instrument%1:10:00::) ((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)
• S: (n) execution (execution%1:10:00::), writ of execution (writ_of_execution%1:10:00::) (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)
• S: (n) execution (execution%1:04:03::), implementation (implementation%1:04:01::), carrying out (carrying_out%1:04:00::) (the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order) "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
• S: (n) murder (murder%1:04:00::), slaying (slaying%1:04:00::), execution (execution%1:04:01::) (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)