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dep·o·si·tion

deposition

 
 
pronunciation:
de p zI shn
features:
Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: noun
definition 1: a sworn statement, usu. in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law.
In her deposition, she contradicted an earlier statement she had made to the police.
synonyms:
affidavit, testimony
similar words:
allegation, certification, declaration, statement
definition 2: the act of depositing something, or the thing deposited.
synonyms:
accumulation
similar words:
dumping, layer, mass, precipitate, sediment
definition 3: the taking away of a rank or office, esp. an important office.
synonyms:
dethronement, divestiture, ouster, unseating
similar words:
expulsion
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)deposition acidic, amyloid, atmospheric, chemical, civil, closed, coastal, electroless, given, increased, judicial, later, magnetic, pre-trial, predicted, pretrial, relative, subsequent, sworn, taped, thin, videotaped, wet, written [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)deposition acknowledge, contradict, delay, fabricate, give, leak, lie, postpone, proceed, recant, release, request, subpoena, swear, testify, videotape, witness
(n.)deposition + verb admit, decrease, deny, etch, file, initiate, obtain, schedule, sputter, tape
noun + (n.)deposition Help acid, ash, barrier, beam, chemistry, coating, collagen, conduct, copper, court, diamond, discovery, disk, emission, erosion, etch, excerpt, exhibit, fibrin, film, ion, lawyer, mercury, nitrogen, notice, oath, particulate, perjury, pleading, reduction, sediment, sinus, soil, spore, sputter, stack, subpoena, sulfur, surface, transport, vacuum, vapor, video, videotape  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivation: depositional (adj.)