execution
How it's done
Execution is carrying something out—completing an act or plan.
A soldier's execution of orders, an artist's execution of a vision.
In law, execution means putting a condemned person to death: The execution is scheduled for midnight.
It also means signing a document to make it legally valid: execution of the contract.
In computing, execution is running a program or command.
Quality of execution distinguishes competent performance from poor: The idea was good but the execution was terrible.
Causing or capable of death
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- firing squadGroup executing by gunshot
- hangmanOne who kills condemned
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
electric chair · beheading · condemned · scaffold · death row · capital punishment · injection · gas chamber
Act of completing something
- culminationHighest or final point
- completionAct of finishing
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
achievement · realization · delivery · follow-through · implementation · carrying out · performance · discharge
Acquired ability through practice
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
mastery · flawless · timing · artistry · craftsmanship · excellence · expertise · polish
Compelling compliance with rules
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- warrantFormal authorization document
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- writCourt-issued directive
seizure · lien · garnishment · levy · judicial · decree · injunction · foreclosure
Organized distribution of resources
- rolloutStaged public introduction
- workflowSequential task progression
- processSteps toward a result
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
strategy · logistics · planning · coordination · operations · project management · phased · systematic
lethal
Causing or capable of death
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- firing squadGroup executing by gunshot
- hangmanOne who kills condemned
gallows · electric chair · beheading · condemned · scaffold · death row · capital punishment · injection · gas chamber · headsman
finalization
Act of completing something
- culminationHighest or final point
- completionAct of finishing
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
fulfillment · achievement · realization · delivery · follow-through · implementation · carrying out · performance · discharge · enactment
skill
Acquired ability through practice
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
- proficiencySkilled performance level
finesse · mastery · flawless · timing · artistry · craftsmanship · excellence · expertise · polish · seamless
enforcement
Compelling compliance with rules
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- warrantFormal authorization document
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
writ · seizure · lien · garnishment · levy · judicial · decree · injunction · foreclosure · attachment
deployment
Organized distribution of resources
methodology · strategy · logistics · planning · coordination · operations · project management · phased · systematic · tactical
- Dystopia1984, Nineteen Eighty-Four, dystopian fiction, totalitarianism, Brave New World
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
- crime newscrime scene, court reporter, court reporting, breaking news, arrest report
- royal courtking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- stock marketstock, shares, stocks, trading, stock market
executionnonperformance
Failure to fulfill obligation
failure · nonfulfillment · neglect · abandonment · inaction
executionplanning
Arranging for future events
conception · ideation · theorizing · strategizing · deliberation
executionreprieve
Postponement of punishment
pardon · commutation · stay of execution · clemency · amnesty
- executive jetPrivate aircraft for corporate travel
- account executiveClient relationship sales professional
- executive decisionChoice made by leadership
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- executive producerSenior production decision-maker
- public executionWitnessed state killing
executive, executives, executing, executioner, executions, executioners, nonexecutive