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Meaning of execution

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  execution
      n 1: putting a condemned person to death [syn: {execution},
           {executing}, {capital punishment}, {death penalty}]
      2: 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" [syn: {performance}, {execution},
         {carrying out}, {carrying into action}]
      3: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction
         by a computer [syn: {execution}, {instruction execution}]
      4: (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 [syn: {execution}, {execution of instrument}]
      5: 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 [syn: {execution}, {writ of execution}]
      6: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;
         "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
         [syn: {execution}, {implementation}, {carrying out}]
      7: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human
         being [syn: {murder}, {slaying}, {execution}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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