| Main Entry: | deposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dethroning, ousting |
Synonyms: |
degradation, discharge, dismissal, displacement, ejection, impeachment, overthrow, removal, unfrocking |
| Main Entry: | deposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attestation of truth, especially in legal matters |
Synonyms: |
affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, declaration, evidence, sworn statement, testimony |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confession or acknowledgment |
Synonyms: |
accession, admittance, affidavit, affirmation, allowance, assent, assertion, attestation, averment, avowal, concession, confirmation, declaration, deposition, disclosure, divulgence, profession, revelation, statement, testimonial, testimony |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
Antonyms: |
denial, disallowance, refusal, repudiation |
| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
Synonyms: |
accusation, affirmation, asservation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, overment, plea, profession, statement |
| Main Entry: | burial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laying in of dead body |
Synonyms: |
burying, deep six, deposition, entombment, exequies, funeral, inhumation, interment, last rites, obsequies, sepulture |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument for idea |
Synonyms: |
advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, avowal, belief, charge, claim, contestation, declaration, demurrer, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, maintaining, opinion, plea, position, predication, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view |
| Main Entry: | contract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, deal |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, bargain, bond, commission, commitment, compact, concordat, convention, covenant, deposition, dicker, engagement, evidence, guarantee, handshake, indenture, liability, mise, obligation, pact, paper, pledge, promise, proof, record, settlement, stipulation, treaty, understanding |
Antonyms: |
disagreement, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion of belief or knowledge |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, affirmation, allegation, announcement, answer, attestation, averment, avowal, bomb*, broadcast, communication, deposition, disclosure, enunciation, explanation, exposition, expression, hot air, information, notice, notification, oath, pitch, presentation, profession, promulgation, protestation, publication, remark, report, revelation, say so, saying, spiel*, statement, story, testimony, two cents' worth, utterance |
Antonyms: |
denial, disavowal, retraction |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official proclamation |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, affidavit, allegation, announcement, article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, confirmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notification, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum |
Antonyms: |
denial, retraction |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation of solid |
Synonyms: |
alluvium, delta, deposition, dregs, drift, grounds, lees, precipitate, precipitation, sediment, settlings, silt |