Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into actionthe act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it“they criticized his performance as mayor”, “experience generally improves performance”
(n)execution, instruction execution(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
(n)execution, execution of instrument(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
(n)execution, writ of executiona routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
(n)execution, implementation, carrying outthe act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order“the agency was created for the implementation of the policy”
