deposition

Questions and answers given under a promise to tell the truth outside court, or their written record.

• She gave a deposition yesterday.
• The lawyer read the deposition before the trial.
• Both witnesses answered questions during their depositions.

Similar words: sworn testimony

Common phrases: give a deposition, take a deposition, deposition transcript

A statement given as evidence under a formal promise to tell the truth.

• The witness signed her deposition.
• His deposition described what happened that night.
• The judge compared the two depositions for differences.

Similar words: sworn statement, testimony

Common phrases: sworn deposition, signed deposition, witness deposition

The act of removing a ruler or official from their position of power.

• The king faced deposition.
• Her deposition followed months of political unrest.
• The army demanded the president’s deposition.

How to use it: deposition of someone (The deposition of the king ended the old political order.)

Similar words: removal, ousting

Common phrases: deposition of someone, deposition of rulers, forced deposition

The change of a gas directly into a solid without first becoming liquid.

• Frost can form through deposition.
• Deposition changes a gas directly into a solid.
• The students observed deposition on the cold glass surface.

Similar words: desublimation

Opposites: sublimation

Common phrases: deposition of vapour, deposition process, direct deposition