Dictionary Check: execution

"execution" is a valid word!

Scrabble 18 points
Words with Friends 21 points

Definition

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putting a condemned person to death

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the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

Example: "they criticized his performance as mayor"
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(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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(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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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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the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

Example: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

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