execution

Noun

1. The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
   • Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme...
2. The state of being accomplished.
   • The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.

   Coordinate Terms: realization

3. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
   • Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National...
4. The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
5. Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.
   • There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds. - 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 166:
6. The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
7. The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
   • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.