Imposition: alternatives and connections

That which is borne or carried; a load.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of enforcing; compulsion.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A burden; an obligation.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the pr…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence wh…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.