execution
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Sense 1 noun
putting a condemned person to death
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Sense 2 noun
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
they criticised his performance as mayor
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Sense 3 noun
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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Sense 4 noun
(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
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Sense 5 noun
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
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Sense 6 noun
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
the agency was created for the implementation of the policy
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Sense 7 noun
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | executioner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | execute |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | corporal punishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | burning at the stake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hanging |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrocution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decapitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crucifixion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perform |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | specific performance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | linguistic performance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | officiation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | data processing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | batch processing |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiprogramming |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | execute |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | subscription |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | court order |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | follow up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | carry out |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | enforcement |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | murder |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | execute |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | homicidal |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | homicide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | assassination |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloodshed |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract killing |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | parricide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | mariticide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fratricide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | uxoricide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | filicide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | liquidation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | massacre |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lynching |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | regicide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry-gulching |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hit |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | infanticide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoot-down |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tyrannicide |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | thuggee |