Detail from a painting by Pisanello, 1436–1438<unk>  is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck. The Oxford English Dictionary states that<unk>  in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain<unk> ".<unk>  has been a common method of capital punishment since medieval times, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by<unk>  was in Homer's Odyssey (Book XXII). In this specialised meaning of the common word hang, the past and past participle is hanged instead of hung.<unk>  is a common method of suicide in which a person applies a ligature to the neck and brings about unconsciousness and then death by suspension or partial suspension.
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