execution by hanging; hanging
A formal or legal term for the death penalty carried out by hanging. Not used for everyday hanging of objects or suicide by hanging.
Execution by hanging was a punishment once carried out in many countries.
A sentence of death by hanging was handed down.
Compound of 絞 (strangling, constricting) and 罪 (crime, punishment). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of execution by hanging.