deposition Play nounThe action of deposing someone, especially a monarch. SYNONYMS defenestrationdemotiondeposaldethronementdischargedismissaldisplacementdownfalldriving outdrumming outejectingejectionexpellingexpulsionfiringforcing outousteroustingoverthrowoverturningremovalremoval from officesackingsupplantingthrowing outtopplingturfing outunseating