imposition
Unfair burden placed
An imposition is something that burdens or inconveniences someone, often by taking advantage of their goodwill: I hate to be an imposition, but could you drive me to the airport?
The word also means the act of imposing—establishing something by authority (the imposition of tariffs) or placing something upon another (the imposition of hands in religious ceremony).
Power to enforce obedience
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
sanction · control · mandate · decree · edict · dictate · injunction · directive
Measure of heaviness
- strainExcessive stretching force
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
pressure · onus · inconvenience · trouble · difficulty · albatross · millstone · yoke
Unauthorized entry onto property
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- infringementViolation of rights
overstepping · meddling · presumption · impertinence · uninvited · unwelcome · boundary · privacy
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- chargeCost or accusation
stipulation · expectation · compulsion · necessity · liability · demand · condition · task
Effect on the mind
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- flatLacking vertical variation
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
page · arrangement · positioning · template · registration · proof · prepress · pagination
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- policingEnforcing laws officially
coercion · sanction · control · mandate · decree · edict · dictate · injunction · directive · rule
weight
Measure of heaviness
- strainExcessive stretching force
- loadCarried weight or burden
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
hardship · pressure · onus · inconvenience · trouble · difficulty · albatross · millstone · yoke · heaviness
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
infringement · overstepping · meddling · presumption · impertinence · uninvited · unwelcome · boundary · privacy · liberty
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- requirementMandatory condition to fulfill
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
charge · stipulation · expectation · compulsion · necessity · liability · demand · condition · task · burden
impression
Effect on the mind
signature · page · arrangement · positioning · template · registration · proof · prepress · pagination · folding
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- book termsfolio, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, page
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- liturgyDivine Office, missal, lectionary, rite, Tridentine Mass
- prepresspreflighting, preflight check, CMYK, cyan, yellow
impositiongift
Item given freely
offering · generosity · contribution · donation · service
impositionauthenticity
Quality of being genuine
genuineness · truth · honesty · verity · forthrightness