Definition of imposition

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Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..

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Injustice :: Injustice (n.) Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition.
Humbug :: Humbug (n.) An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax.
Hum :: Hum (n.) An imposition or hoax.
Superciliary :: Superchery (n.) Deceit; fraud; imposition.
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person..
Humbuggery :: Humbuggery (n.) The practice of imposition.
Bam :: Bam (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.
Trail :: Trail (n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Subject :: Subject (v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions..
Take-in :: Take-in (n.) Imposition; fraud.
Beard :: Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture..
Slur :: Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an 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..
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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