Standard Lemma guide

deposition

name · noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D EH2 P AH0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The removal of Jesus from the cross.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The removal of someone from office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dethronement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ouster, ousting

10

noun

Meaning 10

the act of putting something somewhere

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deposit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: buildup

Narrower terms: repositing, reposition, storage, warehousing

11

noun

Meaning 11

(law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: interrogation, examination, interrogatory

12

noun

Meaning 12

the natural process of laying down a deposit of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deposit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: accretion, accumulation

Narrower terms: electrodeposition, pigmentation, redeposition, superposition

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Kreuzabnahme — taking Jesus down from the cross
  • Polish: zdjęcie z krzyża — taking Jesus down from the cross
  • Volapük: krodadesum — taking Jesus down from the cross
  • Volapük: desum de krod — taking Jesus down from the cross
  • Bulgarian: сваляне от длъжност (svaljane ot dlǎžnost) — removal of someone from office
  • Czech: svržení — removal of someone from office
  • Czech: sesazení z funkce — removal of someone from office
  • Czech: zbavení úřadu — removal of someone from office
  • Dutch: schorsing — removal of someone from office
  • Finnish: viraltapano — removal of someone from office
  • French: destitution — removal of someone from office
  • German: Entlassung — removal of someone from office
  • German: Amtsenthebung — removal of someone from office
  • German: Absetzung — removal of someone from office
  • Greek: απόλυση (apólysi) — removal of someone from office
  • Greek: καθαίρεση (kathaíresi) — removal of someone from office
  • Greek: εκθρόνιση (ekthrónisi) — removal of someone from office
  • Hindi: निष्कासन (niṣkāsan) — removal of someone from office
  • Hungarian: elmozdítás — removal of someone from office
  • Hungarian: letétel — removal of someone from office
  • Polish: depozycja — removal of someone from office
  • Russian: смеще́ние с до́лжности (smeščénije s dólžnosti) — removal of someone from office
  • Swedish: avsättning — removal of someone from office
  • Bulgarian: отлагане (otlagane) — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Bulgarian: утаяване (utajavane) — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Czech: usazování — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Czech: ukládání — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Czech: sedimentace — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Finnish: kerrostuminen — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Finnish: kerrostuma — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • German: Ablage — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • German: Ablagerung — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Greek: απόθεση (apóthesi) — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Hungarian: lerakódás — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Hungarian: leülepedés — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Hungarian: üledék — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Polish: depozycja — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Russian: отложе́ние (otložénije) — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Russian: осажде́ние (osaždénije) — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Swedish: deponering — act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit
  • Bulgarian: отлагане (otlagane) — production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface
  • Czech: nanášení — production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface
  • Finnish: kerrostaminen — production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface
  • Finnish: pinnoittaminen — production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface
  • Finnish: härmistäminen — production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface
  • Armenian: ցուցմունք (cʻucʻmunkʻ) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Armenian: վկայություն (vkayutʻyun) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Bulgarian: показания под клетва (pokazanija pod kletva) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Czech: písemná výpověď — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Czech: písemné svědectví — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Czech: místopřísežné prohlášení — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Finnish: todistelu — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Finnish: todistajanlausunto — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • French: déposition — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • German: eidesstattliche Erklärung — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Greek: κατάθεση (katáthesi) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Greek: μαρτυρία (martyría) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hindi: गवाही (gavāhī) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hindi: शहादत (śahādat) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hungarian: (eskü alatt tett) vallomás — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hungarian: tanúvallomás — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hungarian: tanúskodás — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Hungarian: vallomástétel — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Latin: conscriptum — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Russian: показа́ние под прися́гой (pokazánije pod prisjágoj) — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Spanish: deposición — process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken
  • Finnish: huurtuminen — formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor
  • Finnish: härmistyminen — formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor
  • Finnish: härmistyminen — transformation of gas into solid
  • French: condensation solide — transformation of gas into solid
  • Hindi: निक्षेपण (nikṣepaṇ) — transformation of gas into solid
  • Hungarian: lecsapódás — transformation of gas into solid
  • Hungarian: kristályosodás — transformation of gas into solid
  • Hungarian: gőzdepozíció — transformation of gas into solid
  • Hungarian: gőzlecsapódás — transformation of gas into solid
  • Icelandic: hélun — transformation of gas into solid
  • Italian: brinamento — transformation of gas into solid
  • Korean: 증착 (jeungchak) — transformation of gas into solid
  • Polish: resublimacja — transformation of gas into solid
  • Swedish: deposition — transformation of gas into solid
  • Swedish: desublimation — transformation of gas into solid
  • Swedish: desublimering — transformation of gas into solid
  • Turkish: kırağılaşma — transformation of gas into solid
  • Greek: απόθεση (apóthesi) — the formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it
Real reading context

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