different between deceit vs imposition

English

Alternative forms

• deceipt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin d?cipere (“to cheat, mislead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??si?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

deceit (plural deceits)

1. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.

   The whole conversation was merely a deceit.

2. An act of deceiving someone.
3. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
4. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

Synonyms

• (act or behavior intended to deceive): trick, fraud
• (act of deceiving): deception, trickery
• (state of being deceptive): underhandedness, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, dissimulation, fraudulence, trickery
• See also Thesaurus:deception

Derived terms

• deceitful

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m.p??z???n/

Noun

imposition (countable and uncountable, plural impositions)

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.
4. (printing) 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.
5. (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
6. (Britain) A task imposed on a student as punishment.

Synonyms

• (act of imposing and the like): imposure, infliction, obtrusion
• (that which is imposed, levied, or enjoined): burden, charge, enjoinder, injunction, tax
• (excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction): cheating, deception, delusion, fraud, imposture, trick

Translations

References

• imposition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• imposition in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

imposition f (plural impositions)

1. imposition (all senses)

Middle English

Noun

imposition

1. Alternative form of imposicioun