hanging

Noun

• the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
  • there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait
    

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

• decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
  • the cold castle walls were covered with hangings
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  suspension , dangling , wall hanging