Definition of execution

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Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

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Extract :: Extract (n.) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution..
Satisfy :: Satisfy (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an 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..
Return :: Return (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court..
Execution :: Execution (n.) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Scaffold :: Scaffold (n.) Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold..
Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Artist :: Artist (n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.
Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
Insurgent :: Insurgent (n.) A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
Factum :: Factum (n.) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity..
Etude :: Etude (n.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
Hand :: Hand (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) Quick in execution; as, a rapid penman..
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..
Respite :: Respite (n.) Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.
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..
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..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..
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