Meaning of Hanging | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
   countable, uncountable
2. Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
   countable
3. The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.”

“The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.”

“No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?”

“Public hangings were abolished in 1868 by Act of Parliament.”

“It was just too bad that Milosevic died of "natural" causes in his cell in 2006 before he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, although a hanging would have been preferable.”

“The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.”

“I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.”

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