Meanings (ES + gloss)
deponer • desponer
To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).
A deposed monarch may go into exile as pretender to the lost throne, hoping to be restored in a subsequent revolution.
a tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed
deponer • deposar • desponer
To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.