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Deposition
//ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The removal of Jesus from the cross.
Noun
- 1 The removal of someone from office. countable, uncountable
"So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary."
- 2 the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office wordnet
- 3 The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit. countable, uncountable
- 4 the act of putting something somewhere wordnet
- 5 The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface. countable, uncountable
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- 6 (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office wordnet
- 7 The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken. countable, uncountable
- 8 the natural process of laying down a deposit of something wordnet
- 9 The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor. countable, uncountable
- 10 The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation) countable, uncountable
- 11 The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.
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