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The action of deposing someone, especially a monarch
“Assembly unanimously voted for the deposition of the monarch and committed him to prison.”
A formal, usually written, statement to be used as evidence
“We will take her testimony under oath in a deposition.”
The buildup or accretion of matter
“More speculatively, lowering the relative sea level will promote the general deposition of sand further from shore.”
Matter, usually organic, that has been deposited somewhere
“This leads to a decrease in the inhibition effect on copper deposition at the bottom of the trench.”
(physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase
“One example of deposition is the process by which, in sub-freezing air, water vapor changes directly to ice without first becoming a liquid.”
A solemn promise regarding one's future action or behavior
A significant or total loss of power, prosperity, or status
A burial or buried corpse
A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
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