Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will..

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Dispatchful :: Dispatchful (a.) Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks..
Drill :: Drill (n.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill..
Cross :: Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
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..
Malexecution :: Malexecution (n.) Bad execution.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To keep back from execution; to reprieve.
Headsman :: Headsman (n.) An executioner who cuts off heads.
Workmanship :: Workmanship (n.) The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution..
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman..
Tout-ensemble :: Tout-ensemble (n.) All together; hence, in costume, the fine arts, etc., the general effect of a work as a whole, without regard to the execution of the separate perts..
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Etude :: Etude (n.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
Arduousness :: Arduousness (n.) The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Patibulary :: Patibulary (a.) Of or pertaining to the gallows, or to execution..
Deforcement :: Deforcement (n.) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law.
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..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The act of sacking a town.
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