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語源

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

発音

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

名詞

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, 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.

   Coordinate term: realization

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

3. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
   • 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.

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.

同意語

下位語

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

派生語

関連する語

• execute
• executioner
• executive
• executor

Further reading

• “execution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “execution”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.