Imposition

·noun An extra exercise enjoined on students as a punishment.

II. Imposition ·noun That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax.

III. Imposition ·noun The act or process of imosing pages or columns of type. ·see Impose, ·vt, 4.

IV. Imposition ·noun The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, ·etc.

V. Imposition ·noun The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

VI. Imposition ·noun An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put on laid on others; cheating; fraud; delusion; imposture.