Execution Definition

ĕksĭ-kyo͝oshən
executions
noun
executions
The act of executing.
Webster's New World
The manner of doing or producing something, as of performing a piece of music or a role in a play.
Webster's New World
The state of being executed.
American Heritage
The manner, style, or result of performance.
The plan was sound; its execution, faulty.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of putting to death or being put to death as a lawful penalty.
American Heritage
other

(penalty of death): crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection.

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Other Word Forms of Execution

Noun

Singular:
execution
Plural:
executions

Origin of Execution

  • From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin executio, an agent noun from exequi (“to follow out”), from out + sequor (“follow”).

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