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{{also|Deposition|déposition}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*tḱey-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|deposicion}}, from {{der|en|fro|deposicion}} (French {{m|fr|déposition}}), from {{der|en|la|depositio}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˌdɛp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-deposition.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# The [[removal]] of someone from [[office]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2023 June 28|author=Stephen Roberts|title=Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter|journal=RAIL|issue=986|page=58|text=So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the '''deposition''' of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.}}
# The act of [[depositing]] material, especially by a [[natural]] [[process]]; the resultant [[deposit]].
# {{lb|en|chemistry}} The production of a [[thin]] [[film]] of material onto an existing [[surface]].
# {{lb|en|legal}} The process of taking [[sworn]] [[testimony]] out of [[court]]; the testimony so taken.
# {{lb|en|meteorology}} The formation of [[snow]] or [[frost]] directly from [[water vapor]].
# {{lb|en|physics}} The [[transformation]] of a [[gas]] into a [[solid]] without an intermediate [[liquid]] phase (reverse of [[sublimation]])
# {{lb|en|religion}} The formal placement of [[relics]] in a [[church]] or [[shrine]], and the feast day commemorating it.

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|physics: transformation of gas into solid}} {{l|en|desublimation}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|chemistry: production of a thin film}} {{l|en|erosion}}, {{l|en|corrosion}}
* {{antsense|physics: transformation of gas into solid}} {{l|en|sublimation}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|immunodeposition|misdeposition|nanodeposition|neodeposition|osteodeposition|overdeposition
|calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease
|depositional
|redeposition
|electrodeposition
|nondeposition
|depositionally
|predeposition
|paleodeposition
|postdeposition
|rhizodeposition
|biodeposition
|codeposition
|thin film deposition
|vapor deposition}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|removal of someone from office}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|сваляне от длъжност}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schorsing|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viraltapano}}
* French: {{t+|fr|destitution|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Entlassung|f}}, {{t+|de|Amtsenthebung|f}}, {{t+|de|Absetzung|f}} {{qualifier|of kings, etc.}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απόλυση|f}}, {{t+|el|καθαίρεση|f}}, {{t+|el|εκθρόνιση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|elmozdítás}}, {{t+|hu|letétel}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|depozycja|f}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[смеще́ние]] [[с]] [[должность|до́лжности]]|n}}
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{{trans-top|act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; resultant deposit}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отлагане|n}}, {{t|bg|утаяване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kerrostuminen}}, {{t+|fi|kerrostuma}}
* German: {{t+|de|Ablage|f}}, {{t+|de|Ablagerung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απόθεση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lerakódás}}, {{t+|hu|leülepedés}}, {{t+|hu|üledék}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|depozycja|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|отложе́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|осажде́ние|n}}
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{{trans-top|production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отлагане|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kerrostaminen}}, {{t+|fi|pinnoittaminen}}, {{t|fi|härmistäminen}}
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{{trans-top|process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ցուցմունք}}, {{t+|hy|վկայություն}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|показания под клетва}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|todistelu}} {{q|process}}; {{t+|fi|todistajanlausunto}} {{q|testimony}}
* French: {{t+|fr|déposition|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|eidesstattliche Erklärung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατάθεση|f}}, {{t+|el|μαρτυρία|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|गवाही|f}}, {{t+|hi|शहादत|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|([[eskü]] [[alatt]] [[tett]])}} {{t+|hu|vallomás}},  {{t+|hu|tanúvallomás}}, {{t+|hu|tanúskodás}}, {{t+|hu|vallomástétel}}
* Latin: {{t|la|conscriptum|n}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[показа́ние]] [[под]] [[присяга|прися́гой]]|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|deposición|f}}
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{{trans-top|formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|huurtuminen}}, {{t+|fi|härmistyminen}}
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{{trans-top|transformation of gas into solid}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|härmistyminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|condensation solide|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lecsapódás}}, {{t+|hu|kristályosodás}}, {{t|hu|gőzdepozíció}}, {{t|hu|gőzlecsapódás}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|hélun|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|brinamento|m}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|증착(蒸着)}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|resublimacja|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|deposition|c}}, {{t+|sv|desublimation|c}}, {{t+|sv|desublimering|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kırağılaşma}}
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{{trans-top|the formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απόθεση|f}}
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* Hebrew: {{t-check|he|הדחה|f|tr=hadakha|sc=Hebr}} (1)
* Italian: {{t+check|it|deposizione|f}}
* Sindhi: {{t+check|sd|ڳڱڪاري|f|sc=sd-Arab}} {{qualifier|in meteorology}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=deiinoopst|positioned}}

==Danish==

===Noun===
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====Declension====
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===Further reading===
* {{R:DDO}}