penggantungan
“penggantungan” is a Malay word. Its 7 meanings in English:
noun
- the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
- the way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
- the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
- the state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
- the temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
- the process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
- gallows: wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
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