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imposition

/ɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/
noun

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

  2. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

  3. An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.

Synonymsimposure, infliction, obtrusion, cheating, deception, delusion

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