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execution
Found in thesaurus: corporal punishment, action, physical process, process, subscription, court order, enforcement, homicide
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execution
n.
accomplishment, putting into practice, putting into effect; putting to death, putting a person to death following and in accordance with a judicial process; process by which a computer performs instructions of a computer program (Computers); process of running a computer program (Computers)
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, death penalty or execution is government sanctioned punishment by death. The sentence is referred to as a death sentence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences, such as first degree murder, terrorism, and espionage. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" (referring to execution by beheading). There are many execution methods; one widely practiced form historically that is the most common modern method used in jurisdictions with capital punishment is hanging.
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execution
Noun
1. putting a condemned person to death
(synonym) executing, capital punishment, death penalty
(hypernym) corporal punishment
(hyponym) burning, burning at the stake
(derivation) execute, put to death
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"
(synonym) performance, carrying out, carrying into action
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) specific performance
(derivation) perform, execute, do
3. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
(synonym) instruction execution
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) batch processing
(part-holonym) data processing
(classification) computer science, computing
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
(synonym) execution of instrument
(hypernym) subscription
(derivation) execute
(classification) law, jurisprudence
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
(synonym) writ of execution
(hypernym) court order
(classification) law, jurisprudence
6. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
(synonym) implementation, carrying out
(hypernym) enforcement
(derivation) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
7. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(synonym) murder, slaying
(hypernym) homicide
(hyponym) bloodshed, blood, gore
(derivation) execute
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exécution
nf.
execution; fulfilment, carryng out; performance, discharge, dispatch; implementation, pursuance
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execution
n.
poprava; provedení; vykonání
