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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Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.
Sell :: Sell (n.) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
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..
Subject :: Subject (v. t.) To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
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..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person..
Slur :: Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
Imposture :: Imposture (n.) The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
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..
Swindlery :: Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat..
Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Discrimination :: Discrimination (n.) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.
Iconoclast :: Iconoclast (n.) One who exposes or destroys impositions or shams; one who attacks cherished beliefs; a radical.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Immunity :: Immunity (a.) Freedom or exemption from any charge, duty, obligation, office, tax, imposition, penalty, or service; a particular privilege; as, the immunities of the free cities of Germany; the immunities of the clergy..
Chouse :: Chouse (n.) A trick; sham; imposition.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.
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