execution
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execution
- /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
Rhymes with -uːʃən
Where it comes from
From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”). Equivalent to execute + -ion.
noun executions
- 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 into execution.
- The state of being accomplished. The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
- 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 Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.
- The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- 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.
- The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- 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.
Similar: pursuance
