Definition of "imposition"

imposition

/ɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural impositions
1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.
2. An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.
  Quotations
  They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
  1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, page 169
  He expunges his own anguish at his diagnosis with HIV and the impositions that have claimed his freedom.
  1991 May 4, Mary Dowd, “Risky Business”, in Gay Community News, page 7
3. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.
4. A trick or deception put or laid on others.
5. (printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
6. (religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
7. (UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.