Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.

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Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
Arduousness :: Arduousness (n.) The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Reprieve :: Reprieve (n.) A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death..
Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Witness :: Witness (v. t.) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed..
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution..
Move :: Move (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service..
Reprimand :: Reprimand (n.) To reprove publicly and officially, in execution of a sentence; as, the court ordered him to be reprimanded..
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Antedate :: Antedate (v. t.) To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution..
Headsman :: Headsman (n.) An executioner who cuts off heads.
Stiptic :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..
Stippling :: Stippling (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
Executioner :: Executioner (n.) One who executes; an executer.
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