execution

See also: exécution

English

Etymology

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, (nonstandard) /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈkjuː.ʃən/

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Noun

execution (countable and uncountable, plural executions)

1. The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
   • 1885, John Ormsby, chapter 1, in Don Quixote‎^Wikisource, volume 1, translation of original 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.

2. The state of being accomplished.

   The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.

   Coordinate term: realization

3. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
4. (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
5. (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.

6. (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
7. (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.

Hyponyms

• (penalty of death): crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

Derived terms

• execution cycle
• execution-style
• posthumous execution
• summary execution
• worst-case execution time
• writ of execution

 

Related terms

• execute
• executioner
• executive
• executor

Translations

act of executing or the state of being executed

• Afrikaans: uitvoering
• 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
• 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)

manner or style of a performance etc

• Afrikaans: uitvoering
• Bulgarian: изпълне́ние (bg) n (izpǎlnénie)
• Catalan: execució (ca) f
• Czech: provedení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f
• Finnish: toteutus (fi)
• Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
• Polish: wykonanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Romanian: execuție (ro)
• Russian: исполне́ние (ru) n (ispolnénije), те́хника (ru) f (téxnika)
• Slovene: izvedba f
• Spanish: ejecución (es) f

carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will

• Afrikaans: uitvoering
• Bulgarian: изпълне́ние (bg) n (izpǎlnénie)
• Czech: vykonání n
• Dutch: tenuitvoerlegging (nl), uitvoering (nl) f
• Finnish: täytäntöönpano (fi), toimeenpano (fi)
• French: exécution (fr) f
• German: Ausführung (de) f
• Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
• Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu)
• Polish: egzekucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Russian: исполне́ние (ru) n (ispolnénije)

formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect

• Finnish: toimeenpano (fi)
• Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
• Polish: wykonanie (pl) n, egzekucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Russian: выполне́ние (ru) n (vypolnénije), исполне́ние (ru) n (ispolnénije)

carrying out of an instruction by a computer

• Afrikaans: uitvoering
• Bulgarian: изпълне́ние (bg) n (izpǎlnénie)
• Czech: provedení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f
• Finnish: suoritus (fi)
• French: exécution (fr) f
• German: Ausführung (de) f
• Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
• Japanese: 実行 (ja) (じっこう, jikkō)
• Korean: 실행(實行) (ko) (silhaeng)
• Portuguese: execução (pt) f
• Romanian: execuție (ro) f
• Russian: выполне́ние (ru) n (vypolnénije)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} ekzekutim (sq)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} ekzekuto
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} täidesaatmine
• French: ^{(please verify)} exécution (fr) f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הוצאה להורג (he) f (hotza‘a lahoreg)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} सम्पादन करना (sampādan karnā) ^{(please verify)} आचरण (hi) (ācraṇ)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} persembahan (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} esecuzione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} îdam (ku), ^{(please verify)} daliqandin (ku), ^{(please verify)} şenqkirin (ku), ^{(please verify)} sêdarekirin (ku)

• Marathi: ^{(please verify)} अंमलबजाबणी (ammalbajābṇī)
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} гүйцэтгэл (mn) (güjcetgel)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} utførelse

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} executare (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} извршавање n

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} izvršavanje (sh) n

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} exekúcia f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} ejecución (es) f
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} ufanyaji
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} avrättning (sv) c
• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} bitay
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} การบังคับตามกฎหมาย (gaan bang-káp dtaam gòt măai)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} infaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} викона́ння f (vykonánnja)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sự thực hiện
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} dienyddiad
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} אויספֿירונג f (oysfirung)

Further reading

• “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.

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin execūtiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“follow out”), itself from ex + sequor (“follow”).

Noun

execution f (plural executions)

1. execution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated)

Descendants

• French exécution

Old French

Etymology

From Latin execūtiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“follow out”), itself from ex + sequor (“follow”).

Noun

execution oblique singular, f (oblique plural executions, nominative singular execution, nominative plural executions)

1. execution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated)

Descendants

• → English: execution
• French exécution