1
[ noun ] the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

Synonyms

infliction

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

Among the chief victims of such an ill_conceived imposition would be religion itself .

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

Mr._Speaker , in my latest newsletter to my constituents I urged the imposition of a naval_blockade of Cuba as the only effective method of preventing continued Soviet armaments from coming into the Western_Hemisphere in violation of the Monroe_Doctrine .

2
[ noun ] an uncalled-for burden

Examples

"he listened but resented the imposition"

Related terms

burden inflict

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