deposal
- noun
- /dɪˈpoʊzəl/
- Archaic
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destitución
- After the deposal of the dictator, the country began to rebuild its democratic government.
Examples
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Their successful uprising in 1434, in protest against King Erik's taxation and ban on trade with Lubeck, set in motion the events that led to his deposal.
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In the decade following King Erik's deposal in 1439, the constitutionalists were in the ascendancy.
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Nevertheless, copies of it were produced in 1436 to justify the complaints against King Erik's rule and his subsequent deposal.
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In Sweden, the deposal spelled a return to the political struggles of the fourteenth century, while in Denmark it represented a reversal of a century of centralization of royal power.
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A century after King Erik's deposal, the subsequent breakup of the Union, and the introduction of the Reformation in Scandinavia, the contest between these two ideologies came to a dramatic head.
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The purpose of this paper is to trace the contest between the two ideologies and its resolution in Denmark and Sweden (n3) from the aftermath of Erik's deposal to the immediate post-Reformation period.
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The deposal of the corrupt official was celebrated by the citizens of the town.
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His sudden deposal from the board surprised everyone involved in the company.
Synonyms
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3.4
Taking someone out of an official job because they did something wrong
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3.3
To remove someone from their job against their will
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6.1
The removal of a leader or government from power, often by force
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8.4
Removing someone from a position of power
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To remove someone from a job or role, often by force
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8.2
The act of removing a ruler or leader from power
The official act of removing someone from a job or position
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Surface Forms
Morphology
deposal = depose (semi-transparent) = de + pose + al
The suffix '-al' forms a noun from the verb 'depose', but the political context may not be immediately clear.
Etymology
Deposal meaning the removal of someone from power comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and ponere 'to place'. It literally means 'putting someone down' from their position, so a deposal is the act of taking a leader out of office.