| execution | |
| 1. n. The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). | |
| 2. n. The state of being accomplished. | |
| The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale. | |
| 3. n. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated. | |
| 4. n. (legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will. | |
| 5. n. (legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect. | |
| 6. n. (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer. | |
| The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker. | |
