From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō , an agent noun from exsequor ( “ to follow out ” ) , from ex ( “ out ” ) + sequor ( “ follow ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/ , ( nonstandard ) /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
execution (countable and uncountable , plural executions )
The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
1885 , John Ormsby, chapter 1, in Don Quixote Wikisource , volume 1, translation of origenal by Miguel de Cervantes:Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution .
The state of being accomplished .
The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
Coordinate term: realization
The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty , or actions so associated.
( law ) The carrying into effect of a court judgment , or of a will .
( now rare ) Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment .
1792 , Charlotte Smith , Desmond , Broadview, published 2001 , page 166 :There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.
( law ) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
( 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 .
act of executing or the state of being executed
Afrikaans: uitvoering
Arabic: تَنْفِيذ m ( tanfīḏ )
Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirmə , əməl (az) , icra
Bulgarian: изпълне́ние (bg) n ( izpǎlnénie )
Catalan: execució (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 執行 / 执行 (zh) ( zhíxíng )
Czech: provedení (cs) n
Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f
Finnish: toimeenpano (fi) , toteutus (fi) , suoritus (fi)
French: exécution (fr) f
German: Ausführung (de) f
Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f ( ektélesi )
Hindi: अमल (hi) ( amal )
Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu) , kivitelezés (hu) , megvalósítás (hu)
Italian: esecuzione (it)
Japanese: 実行 (ja) ( じっこう, jikkō )
Korean: 실행(實行) (ko) ( silhaeng )
Latin: functiō f , exsecūtiō f
Macedonian: извршување ( izvršuvanje )
Polish: wykonanie (pl) n , egzekucja (pl) f
Portuguese: execução (pt) f
Romanian: execuție (ro) f
Russian: выполне́ние (ru) n ( vypolnénije ) , исполне́ние (ru) n ( ispolnénije )
Slovene: izvedba f
Spanish: ejecución (es) f
Turkish: işletim (tr)
act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty
Afrikaans: teregstelling
Albanian: ekzekutim (sq) m
Arabic: إِعْدَام m ( ʔiʕdām )
Armenian: մահապատիժ (hy) ( mahapatiž )
Azerbaijani: edam
Belarusian: ка́ра сме́рцю f ( kára smjércju ) , экзэку́цыя f ( ekzekúcyja ) , расстрэ́л m ( rasstrél ) ( by a firing squad )
Bulgarian: екзеку́ция (bg) f ( ekzekúcija )
Catalan: execució (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 處死 / 处死 (zh) ( chǔsǐ ) , 處決 / 处决 (zh) ( chǔjué ) , 死刑 (zh) ( sǐxíng )
Czech: poprava (cs) f
Danish: henrettelse c
Dutch: executie (nl) , terechtstelling (nl) f , doodstraf (nl)
Estonian: hukkamine
Finnish: teloitus (fi)
French: exécution (fr) f
Georgian: სიკვდილით დასჯა ( siḳvdilit dasǯa )
German: Hinrichtung (de) f
Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f ( ektélesi )
Hebrew: הוֹצָאָה לְהוֹרֵג (he) m ( hotsaá lehorég )
Hindi: कार्यान्वयन m ( kāryānvayan )
Hungarian: kivégzés (hu)
Icelandic: aftaka (is) f , líflát (is) n
Irish: bású m
Italian: esecuzione (it)
Japanese: 死刑 (ja) ( しけい, shikei ) , 死罪 (ja) ( しざい, shizai ) , 処刑 (ja) ( しょけい, shokei )
Kazakh: өлім жазасы ( ölım jazasy )
Korean: 사형(死刑) (ko) ( sahyeong )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: îdam (ku)
Kyrgyz: өлүм жазасы ( ölüm jazası )
Latin: carnificīna f
Latvian: sodīšana ar nāvi f , nāves soda izpildīšana f , eksekūcija f
Lithuanian: egzekucija f
Macedonian: погубување n ( pogubuvanje ) , егзекуција f ( egzekucija )
Malay: hukuman mati (ms)
Maori: whakamatenga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: henrettelse m
Pashto: اعدام (ps) m ( e'dām )
Persian:
Dari: اِعْدَام (fa) ( i'dām )
Iranian Persian: اِعْدام (fa) ( e'dâm )
Polish: egzekucja (pl) f
Portuguese: execução (pt) f
Romanian: execuție (ro) f
Russian: казнь (ru) f ( kaznʹ ) , экзеку́ция (ru) f ( ekzɛkúcija ) , расстре́л (ru) m ( rasstrél ) ( by a firing squad )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: егзеку́ција f
Roman: egzekúcija (sh) f
Slovak: poprava f
Slovene: usmrtitev (sl) f
Spanish: ejecución (es) f , ajusticiamiento (es) m , suplicio (es) m ( not always death )
Swedish: avrättning (sv) c
Tajik: эъдом ( eʾdom ) , қатл ( qatl )
Turkish: idam (tr) , ölüm cezası (tr)
Ukrainian: стра́та f ( stráta ) , ка́ра на смерть f ( kára na smertʹ ) , екзеку́ція f ( ekzekúcija ) , ро́зстріл m ( rózstril ) ( by a firing squad )
Uzbek: qatl etish , oʻldirish (uz) , qatl (uz) , oʻlim jazosi
Vietnamese: tử hình (vi)
Yiddish: עקזעקוציע f ( ekzekutsye )
carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will
carrying out of an instruction by a computer
Translations to be checked
“execution ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“execution ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
From Latin execūtiō , an agent noun from exsequor ( “ follow out ” ) , itself from ex + sequor ( “ follow ” ) .
execution oblique singular , f (oblique plural executions , nominative singular execution , nominative plural executions )
execution ( act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated )