Execution (disambiguation)

Last updated January 22, 2026

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.

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

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

Execution (novel), a 1958 fictional work by the Canadian author and war veteran Colin McDougall
Execution (painting), a 1995 Chinese art painting
"Execution" (Scott & Bailey), a 2011 television episode
"Execution" (The Twilight Zone), a 1960 television episode
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