- 2. Security, pledge, pawn, stake.
- 3. Money in bank.
- 4. (Rare.) Depository, storehouse.
Depositary, n. Trustee, guardian, fiduciary.
Deposition, n. (Law.)
- 1. Testimony (in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, after cross-examination), evidence,
affidavit.
- 2. Dethroning, dismission, displacement, removal.
Depository, n. Storehouse, depot, place of deposit, deposit.
Depot, n.
- 1. Depository, storehouse, warehouse, magazine.
- 2. Station (of a railway), station-house, railway station.
Depravation, n.
- 1. Vitiation, corruption, deterioration, abasement, debasement, impairing, injury.
- 2. Depravity, degeneracy, degeneration, deterioration, debasement, impairment, impaired condition.
Deprave, v. a. Vitiate, corrupt, contaminate, pollute, demoralize, make bad.
Depraved, p. and a. Corrupted, corrupt, vicious, wicked, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, graceless, abandoned, shameless, hardened, lost.
Depravity, n.
- 1. Degeneracy, depraved or depressed state, low condition, depravation, corruption.
- 2. Corruptness, corruption, wickedness, viciousness, demoralization, vice, immorality, license, iniquity.
Deprecate, v. a.
- 1. Pray to be delivered from, seek deliverance from, try to avert by prayer, make entreaty against.
- 2. View with regret, wish not to have occur, regard with regretful disfavor.