Decapitation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decapitation \De*cap`i*ta"tion\, n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F.
     d['e]capitation.]
     The act of beheading; beheading.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  decapitation
       n 1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: {beheading}]
       2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: {beheading}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DECAPITATION, punishment. The punishment of putting a person to death by 
  taking off his head.