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execution
/ˌɛksəkˈjuʃən/
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What does execution mean?
noun
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The state of being accomplished.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
More meanings (4)
noun
- The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- (archaic) Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɛksəkˈjuʃən/
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While Robespierre was causing the execution of his colleagues and of a great number of his contemporaries, he possessed an immense prestige.
A condemned man had the right to stop there on his way to execution, to make his will and last dying declarations.
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She was put on a hurdle, and drawn on a sledge to the place of execution, which was very near the gallows.
If the Emperor were absolute in Germany, who then would be equal to the man intrusted with the execution of his will?
But certain, if execution be remiss or blindfold now, and in this particular, what will it be hereafter and in other books?