execution

Noun

• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
  • the agency was created for the implementation of the policy
    

• 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

• (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

• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

• 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
    

• putting a condemned person to death

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  murder , slaying , implementation , carrying out , writ of execution , execution of instrument , instruction execution , performance , carrying into action , executing , capital punishment , death penalty