impositions

Noun

imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)

1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

   Synonyms:

   imposure, infliction, obtrusion

2. An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
   • They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169
3. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

   Synonyms:

   burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax

4. A trick or deception put or laid on others.

   Synonyms:

   cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

5. Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
6. A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.

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