• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
• putting a condemned person to death
• a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
• (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

'Execution' in other languages