- execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty - putting a condemned person to death
--1 is a kind of corporal punishment
--1 has particulars:burning, burning at the stake; hanging; electrocution, burning; decapitation, beheading; crucifixion Derived form: verb execute1 - performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action - 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"
--2 is a kind of action
--2 has particulars: specific performance; mechanism, mechanics; officiationDerived form: verb execute6 - execution, instruction execution - (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
--3 is a kind of process
--3 is a part of data processing
--3 has particulars: batch processing; multiprogramming, concurrent execution - execution, execution of instrument - (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
--4 is a kind of subscription
Derived form: verb execute4 - execution, writ of execution - 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
--5 is a kind of court order
- execution, implementation, carrying out - the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
--6 is a kind of enforcement
Derived form: verb execute3 - murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
--7 is a kind of homicide
--7 has particulars:Derived form: verb execute2