2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deposition \Dep`o*si"tion\, n. [L. depositio, fr deponere: cf
F. d['e]position. See {Deposit}.]
1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down
or thrown down precipitation.
The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.
--H. Miller.
2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.
The influence of princes upon the dispositions of
their courts needs not the deposition of their
examples, since it hath the authority of a known
principle. --W. Montagu.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
deposition
n 1: the natural process of laying down a deposit of something
2: written declaration made under oath [syn: {affidavit}, {attestation}]
3: the act of depositing [syn: {deposit}]
4: the act of deposing someone [syn: {dethronement}]
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