Execution (disambiguation)

Execution is the act of putting a person to death, in execution of a judicial sentence of death, which is also known as capital punishment.

Execution may also refer to:

Society

 * A term for contract killings
 * Extrajudicial killing, the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process
 * Summary execution, the act of killing a person  who is accused of a crime without benefit of a full and fair trial
 * A writ of execution, ordering the enforcement of a judgment, typically by seizing and selling goods to satisfy a judgment debt

Technology

 * Execution (computing), the process in which a computer carries out instructions of a computer program

Media and art

 * Execution (novel), a 1958 fictional work by the Canadian author and war veteran Colin McDougall
 * Execution (painting), a 1995 Chinese art painting
 * "Execution" (The Twilight Zone), season 1 episode 26 of The Twilight Zone in 1960
 * Execution (1968 film), a 1968 Italian film
 * Execution, also known as Stark Raving Mad, a 1981 American film
 * Execution (album), an album by Tribuzy
 * Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, a 2002 business book by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan