deposition
English Thesaurus
1. the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office (noun.act)
2. the act of putting something somewhere (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | buildup, |
| definition | : | the act of building up an accumulation (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing, |
| definition | : | depositing in a warehouse (noun.act) |
3. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | examination, interrogation, interrogatory, |
| definition | : | formal systematic questioning (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
4. the natural process of laying down a deposit of something (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | accretion, accumulation, |
| definition | : | an increase by natural growth or addition (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | electrodeposition, |
| definition | : | the deposition of a substance on an electrode by the action of electricity (especially by electrolysis) (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | pigmentation, |
| definition | : | the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | redeposition, |
| definition | : | deposition from one deposit to another (noun.process) |
| hyponym | : | superposition, |
| definition | : | (geology) the deposition of one geological stratum on another (noun.process) |
5. the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office (noun.act)
| derivation | : | dethrone, |
| definition | : | remove a monarch from the throne (verb.social) |
6. the act of putting something somewhere (noun.act)
7. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office (noun.communication)
8. the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office (noun.act)
| derivation | : | dethrone, |
| definition | : | remove a monarch from the throne (verb.social) |
9. the act of putting something somewhere (noun.act)
10. (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office (noun.communication)
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