depose
To put down; to lay down; to deposit; to lay aside; to put away.
Other meanings
To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
“A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.”
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
Synonyms
- force out
Antonyms
- restore
Related words
- undeposed
- deposable
- deposal
- indeposable
- undeposable
Word history
From Old French "deposer".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “depose” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.