execution
English Thesaurus
1. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | action, |
| definition | : | something done (usually as opposed to something said) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | specific performance, |
| definition | : | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | linguistic performance, |
| definition | : | (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | mechanics, mechanism, |
| definition | : | the technical aspects of doing something (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | officiation, |
| definition | : | the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty (noun.act) |
2. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | homicide, |
| definition | : | the killing of a human being by another human being (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | assassination, |
| definition | : | murder of a public figure by surprise attack (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bloodshed, gore, |
| definition | : | the shedding of blood resulting in murder (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | contract killing, |
| definition | : | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | parricide, |
| definition | : | the murder of your own father or mother (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | mariticide, |
| definition | : | the murder of a husband by his wife (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fratricide, |
| definition | : | the murder of your sibling (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | uxoricide, |
| definition | : | the murder of a wife by her husband (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | filicide, |
| definition | : | the murder of your own son or daughter (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lynching, |
| definition | : | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | regicide, |
| definition | : | the act of killing a king (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | dry-gulching, |
| definition | : | the act of killing from ambush (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hit, |
| definition | : | a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | infanticide, |
| definition | : | murdering an infant (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | shoot-down, |
| definition | : | murder by shooting someone down in cold blood (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tyrannicide, |
| definition | : | killing a tyrant (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | thuggee, |
| definition | : | murder and robbery by thugs (noun.act) |
3. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | enforcement, |
| definition | : | the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to (noun.act) |
4. putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | corporal punishment, |
| definition | : | the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hanging, |
| definition | : | a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | crucifixion, |
| definition | : | the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross (noun.act) |
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 (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | court order, |
| definition | : | a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
6. (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 (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | subscription, |
| definition | : | the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document) (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
7. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | physical process, process, |
| definition | : | a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | batch processing, |
| definition | : | the serial execution of computer programs (noun.process) |
| part meronym | : | data processing, |
| definition | : | (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | computer science, computing, |
| definition | : | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition) |
8. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it (noun.act)
| derivation | : | do, execute, perform, |
| definition | : | carry out or perform an action (verb.creation) |
9. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | murder in a planned fashion (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | homicidal, murderous, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being (adj.all) |
10. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order (noun.act)
11. putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)
| derivation | : | execute, put to death, |
| definition | : | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (verb.social) |
12. (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 (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | carry out the legalities of (verb.social) |
13. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it (noun.act)
| derivation | : | do, execute, perform, |
| definition | : | carry out or perform an action (verb.creation) |
14. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | murder in a planned fashion (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | homicidal, murderous, |
| definition | : | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being (adj.all) |
15. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order (noun.act)
16. putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)
| derivation | : | execute, put to death, |
| definition | : | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (verb.social) |
17. (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 (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | execute, |
| definition | : | carry out the legalities of (verb.social) |
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