deposition

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The removal of someone from office.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
3. (countable, uncountable) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
4. (countable, uncountable) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
5. (countable, uncountable) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
6. (countable, uncountable) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
7. (countable, uncountable) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

Synonyms

testimony

deposit

affidavit

dethronement

sedimentation

evidence

sediment

statement

precipitation

attestation

Descent from the Cross

discharge

dismissal

token

settlement

settling

sign

declaration

mark

certificate

reference

proof

certification

character

witness

precipitate

layer

layoff

location

metallization

overthrow

planting

plating

process

records

release

renvoi

resign

scaling

spatter

spray

spraying

statements

stratification

stratum

subjection

submission

submit

subsidence

subsistence

Translations

déposition

deposición

deposizione

dépôt

destitution

témoignage

testimonianza

deposição

Aussage

απόθεση

κατάθεση

Bestätigung

Bezeugung

Beweis

Beleg

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: deposicion

In summary

From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.