The action of cutting off the head; spec. of execution by decapitation.

The action of decollating or beheading; the fact of being beheaded; spec. in Obstetrics, severance of the head from the body of a fœtus.

The action of cutting off the head; beheading, decapitation, esp. as a punishment. Also: an instance of this. In later use frequently coupled with ha…

transferred and figurative. The punishments threatened by the fasces; flogging or beheading. Obsolete.

The action of decapitating; the fact of being decapitated.

Beheading, execution by decapitation.