| n. | 1. | The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. |
| 2. | That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax. | |
| 3. | (Eng. Univ.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment. | |
| 4. | An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture. | |
| 5. | (Eccl.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc. | |
| 6. | (Print.) The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. See Impose, |
| Noun | 1. | imposition - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) Synonyms: infliction |
| 2. | imposition - an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition" |
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