the act or process of executing.

the state or fact of being executed.

the infliction of capital punishment or, formerly, of any legal punishment.

the process of performing a judgment or sentence of a court

The judge stayed execution of the sentence pending appeal.

a mode or style of performance; technical skill, as in music

The pianist's execution of the sonata was consummate.

effective, usually destructive action, or the result attained by it (usually prec. by do )

The grenades did rapid execution.

Law . a judicial writ directing the enforcement of a judgment.

Computers . the act of running, or the results of having run, a program or routine, or the performance of an instruction.

noun

abandoning , disregard , failure , forgetting , ignorance , leaving , neglect

noun

beheading , capital punishment , contract killing , crucifixion , decapitation , electrocution , gassing , guillotining , hanging , hit , impalement , lethal injection , necktie party , punishment , rub out * , shooting , strangling , strangulation , accomplishment , achievement , administration , completion , consummation , delivery , discharge , doing , effect , enactment , enforcement , fulfilling , implementation , nuts and bolts * , operation , performance , prosecution , realization , rendering , style , effectuation , reading , rendition , fulfillment , garrote , guillotine , killing , lapidation , noyade , perpetration , transaction