execution :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

n. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

executing, capital punishment, death penalty

n. putting a condemned person to death

performance, doing, carrying into action, carrying out

n. 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"

disposal, administration, regulation

n. a method of tending to (especially business) matters

act, enactment

n. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

performance, execution, doing, carrying into action, carrying out

n. 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"

commission, perpetration

n. the act of committing a crime

deed, feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

escapade, adventure, risky venture, dangerous undertaking

n. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

commission, perpetration

n. the act of committing a crime

act, enactment

n. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty

n. putting a condemned person to death

completion

n. a concluding action

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

liberation, release, discharge, firing, dismissal, sack, sacking

n. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

discharge, firing, firing off

n. the act of discharging a gun

dispatch, despatch, shipment, dispatching

n. the act of sending off something

killing, kill, putting to death

n. the act of terminating a life

bloodshed, blood, gore

n. the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

cleaning, cleansing, cleanup

n. the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

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