Execution

//ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən//

Synonyms for "execution" (215 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Strong matches (65)

Related words (107)

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Translations

188 translations across 56 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • teregstelling noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • uitvoering noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • uitvoering noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • uitvoering noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ekzekutim noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِعْدَام noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • تَنْفِيذ noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մահապատիժ noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • edam noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • icra noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • yerinə yetirmə noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • əməl noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • выкана́нне noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • выкана́ньне noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • ка́ра сме́рцю noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • расстрэ́л noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • екзеку́ция noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • изпълне́ние noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • изпълне́ние noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • изпълне́ние noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)

Catalan

3 entries
  • execució noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • execució noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • execució noun (manner or style of a performance etc)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 執行 /执行 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • 實行 /实行 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • 死刑 noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • 處死 /处死 noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Czech

4 entries
  • poprava noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • provedení noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • provedení noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • provedení noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)

Danish

1 entries
  • henrettelse noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Dari

1 entries
  • اِعْدَام noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doodstraf noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • executie noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • tenuitvoerlegging noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • terechtstelling noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hukkamine noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Finnish

4 entries
  • suoritus noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • suoritus noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)
  • teloitus noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • toimeenpano noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

French

4 entries
  • exécution noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • exécution noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • exécution noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • exécution noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სიკვდილით დასჯა noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

German

4 entries
  • Ausführung noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • Ausführung noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • Ausführung noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)
  • Exekution noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Greek

4 entries
  • εκτέλεση noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • εκτέλεση noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • εκτέλεση noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • εκτέλεση noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הוֹצָאָה לְהוֹרֵג noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अमल noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • कार्यान्वयन noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • निष्पादन noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kivitelezés noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • kivégzés noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • megvalósítás noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • végrehajtás noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • aftaka noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • líflát noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • اِجْرا noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • اِعْدام noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Irish

1 entries
  • bású noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Italian

2 entries
  • esecuzione noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • esecuzione noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 処刑 noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • 執行 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • 実行 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • 実行 noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • өлім жазасы noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Korean

4 entries
  • 사형 noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • 실행 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • 실행 noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)
  • 집행 noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • өлүм жазасы noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Latin

3 entries
  • carnificīna noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • exsecūtiō noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • functiō noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Latvian

3 entries
  • eksekūcija noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • nāves soda izpildīšana noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • sodīšana ar nāvi noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • egzekucija noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • егзекуција noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • извршување noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • извршување noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • извршување noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)

Malay

1 entries
  • hukuman mati noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakamatenga noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • bicihanîn noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • bicihanîn noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • bicihanîn noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • bicihanîn noun (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • henrettelse noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • سیاست noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Pashto

1 entries
  • اعدام noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Polish

4 entries
  • egzekucja noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • egzekucja noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • egzekucja noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)
  • egzekucja noun (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • execução noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • execução noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • execução noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • execução noun (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will)

Romanian

4 entries
  • execuție noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • execuție noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • execuție noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • execuție noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)

Russian

4 entries
  • выполне́ние noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • выполне́ние noun (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect)
  • выполне́ние noun (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)
  • исполне́ние noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • egzekúcija noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • егзеку́ција noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Slovak

2 entries
  • poprava noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • prevedenie noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Slovene

3 entries
  • izvedba noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • izvedba noun (manner or style of a performance etc)
  • usmrtitev noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ajusticiamiento noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • ejecución noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • ejecución noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • ejecución noun (manner or style of a performance etc)

Swedish

1 entries
  • avrättning noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • pagpapapatay noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • pagpapatupad noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • pagsasagawa noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)

Tajik

3 entries
  • иҷро noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • эъдом noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • қатл noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Turkish

3 entries
  • idam noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • işletim noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • ölüm cezası noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́конання noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • викона́ння noun (act of executing or the state of being executed)
  • екзеку́ція noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • ка́ра на смерть noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • oʻldirish noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • oʻlim jazosi noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • qatl noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)
  • qatl etish noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tử hình noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עקזעקוציע noun (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.

Source: tatoeba (25558)

A regional observatory will be directed to monitor the execution of the plan.

Source: tatoeba (430069)

A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.

Source: tatoeba (601962)

Upon the day appointed for their execution she cut off her hair and dressed herself as if going to a fete.

Source: tatoeba (909120)

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