deposition as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
deposition
noun
1 deposition
The natural process of laying down a deposit of something.
synonym: deposit.
Roget 184:
location,
localization;
lodgment;
deposition,
reposition;
stowage,
package;
collocation;
packing,
lading;
establishment,
settlement,
installation;
fixation;
insertion
etc.
300.
habitat,
environment,
surroundings
(situation)
183;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
anchorage,
mooring,
encampment.
plantation,
colony,
settlement,
cantonment;
colonization,
domestication,
situation;
habitation
etc.
(abode)
189;
cohabitation;
a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
endenization†,
naturalization.
... show more
Roget 467:
evidence;
facts,
premises,
data,
praecognita [Lat.],
grounds.
indication
etc.
550;
criterion
etc.
(test)
463.
testimony,
testification†,
expert testimony;
attestation;
deposition
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
examination.
admission
etc.
(assent)
488;
authority,
warrant,
credential,
diploma,
voucher,
certificate,
doquet†,
docket;
testamur†;
record
etc.
551;
document;
pi ce justificative†;
deed,
warranty
etc.
(security)
771;
signature,
seal
etc.
(identification)
550;
exhibit,
material evidence,
objective evidence.
witness,
indicator,
hostile witness;
eyewitness,
earwitness,
material witness,
state's evidence;
deponent;
sponsor;
cojuror†.
oral evidence,
documentary evidence,
hearsay evidence,
external evidence,
extrinsic evidence,
internal evidence,
intrinsic evidence,
circumstantial evidence,
cumulative evidence,
ex parte evidence [Lat.],
presumptive evidence,
collateral evidence,
constructive evidence;
proof
etc.
(demonstration)
478;
evidence in chief.
secondary evidence;
confirmation,
corroboration,
support;
ratification
etc.
(assent)
488;
authentication;
compurgation†,
wager of law,
comprobation†.
citation,
reference;
legal research,
literature search
(experiment)
463.
... show more
Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
... show more
Roget 551:
trace,
vestige,
relic,
remains;
scar,
cicatrix;
footstep,
footmark†,
footprint;
pug;
track mark,
wake,
trail,
scent,
piste†.
monument,
hatchment†,
slab,
tablet,
trophy,
achievement;
obelisk,
pillar,
column,
monolith;
memorial;
memento
etc.
(memory)
505;
testimonial,
medal;
commemoration
etc.
(celebration)
883.
record,
note,
minute;
register,
registry;
roll
etc.
(list)
86;
cartulary,
diptych,
Domesday book;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.];
entry,
memorandum,
indorsement†,
inscription,
copy,
duplicate,
docket;
notch
etc.
(mark)
550;
muniment†,
deed
etc.
(security)
771;
document;
deposition,
proces verbal [Fr.];
affidavit;
certificate
etc.
(evidence)
467.
notebook,
memorandum book,
memo book,
pocketbook,
commonplace book;
portfolio;
pigeonholes,
excerpta†,
adversaria [Lat.],
jottings,
dottings†.
gazette,
gazetteer;
newspaper,
daily,
magazine;
almanac,
almanack†;
calendar,
ephemeris,
diary,
log,
journal,
daybook,
ledger;
cashbook†,
petty cashbook†;
professional journal,
scientific literature,
the literature,
primary literature,
secondary literature,
article,
review article.
archive,
scroll,
state paper,
return,
blue book;
statistics
etc.
86;
compte rendu [Fr.];
Acts of,
Transactions of,
Proceedings of;
Hansard's Debates;
chronicle,
annals,
legend;
history,
biography
etc.
594;
Congressional Records.
registration;
registry;
enrollment,
inrollment†;
tabulation;
entry,
booking;
signature
etc.
(identification)
550;
recorder
etc.
553;
journalism.
[analog recording media]
recording,
tape recording,
videotape.
[digital recording media]
compact disk;
floppy disk,
diskette;
hard disk,
Winchester disk;
read-only memory,
ROM;
write once read mostly memory,
WORM.
... show more
Dutch: afzetting
Polish: osadzanie, nawarstwianie
2 deposition
law A pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office.
3 deposition
The act of putting something somewhere.
synonym: deposit.
Dutch: depot
4 deposition
The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office.
synonym: dethronement.
Roget 756:
abrogation,
annulment,
nullification,
recision;
vacatur [Lat.];
canceling
etc.
v.;
cancel;
revocation,
revokement†;
repeal,
rescission,
defeasance.
dismissal,
conge [Fr.],
demission†;
bounce [U.S.];
deposal,
deposition;
dethronement;
disestablishment,
disendowment†;
deconsecration;
sack [Slang],
walking papers,
pink slip,
walking ticket;
yellow cover [Slang].
abolition,
abolishment;
dissolution.
counter order,
countermand;
repudiation,
retraction,
retractation†;
recantation
etc.
(tergiversation)
607;
abolitionist.
... show more
Roget 738:
laxity;
laxness,
looseness,
slackness;
toleration
etc.
(lenity)
740;
freedom
etc.
748.
anarchy,
interregnum;
relaxation;
loosening
etc.
v.;
remission;
dead letter,
brutum fulmen [Lat.],
misrule;
license,
licentiousness;
insubordination
etc.
(disobedience)
742;
lynch law
etc.
(illegality)
964;
nihilism,
reign of violence.
[Deprivation of power]
dethronement,
deposition,
usurpation,
abdication.
... show more
Dutch: schorsing
Polish: detronizacja
Moby thesaurus: admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, allocation, alluvion, alluvium, ash, assertion, asseveration, assignment, attest, attestation, authority, authorization, averment, avouchment, avowal, bill, bill of complaint, bill of health, cashiering, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, cinder, claim, clinker, collocation, complaint, compurgation, credential, declaration, deconsecration, defrocking, deployment, deposal, deposit, deposits, deprivation, dethronement, diluvium, diploma, disbarment, disbarring, disclosure, discrownment, disenthronement, dismissal, displacement, disposition, draff, dregs, dross, ember, emplacement, excommunication, expulsion, feces, firing, forced resignation, froth, grounds, impeachment, instrument in proof, kicking upstairs, lading, lees, legal evidence, libel, liquidation, loading, localization, locating, location, loess, manifesto, moraine, narratio, navicert, nolle prosequi, nonsuit, notarized statement, note, offscum, ousting, overthrow, overthrowal, packing, pensioning off, pinpointing, placement, placing, position paper, positioning, posting, precipitate, precipitation, profession, purge, putting, removal, reposition, retirement, scoria, scum, sediment, settlings, sheepskin, silt, sinter, situation, slag, smut, solemn declaration, soot, spotting, statement, statement of belief, statement of facts, statement under oath, stationing, storage, stowage, sublimate, superannuation, suspension, swearing, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testamur, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, ticket, unchurching, unfrocking, unseating, visa, vise, voucher, vouching, warrant, warranty, witness, word ... show more.
debug info: 0.051