• n.
    ⦿a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
    lexical concept
  • in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment

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wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:hanging
wn:interlingual indexili:i41503

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rdfs:labelhanging