OPERATION.
Synonyms:
| action, | effect, | force, | performance, | result. |
| agency, | execution, | influence, | procedure, |
Operation is action considered with reference to the thing acted upon, and may apply to the action of an intelligent agent or of a material substance or force; as, the operation of a medicine. Performance and execution denote intelligent action, considered with reference to the actor or to that which he accomplishes; performance accomplishing the will of the actor, execution often the will of another; we speak of the performance of a duty, the execution of a sentence. Compare [ACT].
Antonyms:
| failure, | ineffectiveness, | inutility, | powerlessness, | uselessness. |
| inaction, | inefficiency, |
ORDER.
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