Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer..

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Move :: Move (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
Hanging :: Hanging (n.) Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
Dolcemente :: Dolcemente (adv.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc..
Carnifex :: Carnifex (n.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman..
Executioner :: Executioner (n.) One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman..
Patibulary :: Patibulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution..
Facilitate :: Facilitate (v. t.) To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task..
Etude :: Etude (n.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
Dispatch :: Dispatch (v. t.) The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste..
Administration :: Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain..
Blunderbuss :: Blunderbuss (n.) A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact aim..
Espadon :: Espadon (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners..
Execution :: Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
Hangman :: Hangman (n.) One who hangs another; esp., one who makes a business of hanging; a public executioner; -- sometimes used as a term of reproach, without reference to office..
Enforcement :: Enforcement (n.) A giving force to; a putting in execution.
Riot :: Riot (n.) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman..
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