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execution

noun

ex·​e·​cu·​tion ˌek-si-ˈkyü-shən How to pronounce execution (audio)
1
: the act or process of executing : performance
2
: a putting to death especially as a legal penalty
3
: the process of enforcing a legal judgment (as against a debtor)
also : a judicial writ directing such enforcement
4
: the act or mode or result of performance
5
archaic : effective or destructive action
his brandished steel, which smoked with bloody execution William Shakespeare
usually used with do
as soon as day came, we went out to see what execution we had done Daniel Defoe

Example Sentences

He is in prison awaiting execution. The quarterback's execution of the play was perfect. skillful execution of the dance steps
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English execucion, from Anglo-French, from Latin exsecution-, exsecutio, from exsequi to execute, from ex- + sequi to follow — more at sue

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of execution was in the 14th century

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