Definitions for Deposition

Deposition dep·o·si·tion

Spelling: [dep-uh-zish-uh n, dee-puh-]
IPA: /ˌdɛp əˈzɪʃ ən, ˌdi pə-/

Deposition is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 546 anagrams from letters in Deposition (deiinoopst).

Definitions for Deposition

noun

  1. removal from an office or position.
  2. the act or process of depositing:
  3. the state of being deposited or precipitated:
  4. something that is deposited.
  5. Law. the giving of testimony under oath. the testimony so given. a statement under oath, taken down in writing, to be used in court in place of the spoken testimony of the witness.
  6. Ecclesiastical. the interment of the body of a saint. the reinterment of the body or the relics of a saint.
  7. (initial capital letter) a work of art depicting Christ being lowered from the Cross.

Origin of Deposition

1350-1400; Middle English (Anglo-French) Late Latin dēpositiōn- (stem of dēpositiō) a putting aside, testimony, burial, equivalent to Latin dēposit(us) laid down (see

Examples for Deposition

I always believed in the truth of his deposition before the judge.

In support of his deposition he produced his billet de garde, dated the 8th.

In a deposition given under hypnosis two years later, he remembered that he “woke up, saw my death, and looked around.”

The officers of justice act, and send their deposition to the Court.

Evans used a “pressure point control technique,” one of the officers testified in his deposition.

"And qualified to administer an oath and take your deposition," said the minister.

Also, at the time of his deposition Thicke had been off of pills for two months, because his wife left him in February.

For it is necessary to read their deposition as of public accusers.

At the time of the second deposition, Tihen had been in office for more than a year.

A brief bio is to be found in a deposition she gave in the criminal case before the felony charge was dropped.

Word Value for Deposition
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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