Definition of imposition

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Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..

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Stultify :: Stultify (v. t.) To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Imposement :: Imposement (n.) Imposition.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Protection :: Protection (n.) A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade..
Humbuggery :: Humbuggery (n.) The practice of imposition.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Injustice :: Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
All Fools' Day :: All Fools' Day () The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced..
Sell :: Sell (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Subject :: Subject (v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions..
Trail :: Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
Beard :: Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
Bam :: Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Penitential :: Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book..
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