exécution

Definitions of exécution
  1. noun
    the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to
    synonyms: mise à exécution
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    type of:
    contrôle social
    control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
  2. noun
    putting a condemned person to death
    synonyms: exécution capitale, mise à mort, peine de mort
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    types:
    électrocution
    execution by electricity
    décapitation
    execution by cutting off the victim's head
    type of:
    punition corporelle
    the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
  3. noun
    (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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    type of:
    processus
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
  4. noun
    the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
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    type of:
    mise à exécution
    the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to
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