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Deposition may refer to:

Deposition (law), taking testimony outside of court
Deposition (politics), the removal of a person of authority from political power
Deposition (university), a widespread initiation ritual for new students practiced from the Middle Ages until the 18th century

Art

Deposition from the Cross, the depiction of the removal of Jesus from the cross
Deposition (Bellini), a 1515–16 painting by Giovanni Bellini and his workshop
Deposition of Christ (Bronzino), a 1545 oil painting
The Deposition (Michelangelo), a 1547–55 marble sculpture
The Deposition from the Cross (Pontormo), a 1528 oil painting
Deposition from the Cross, Volterra (Rosso Fiorentino)
The Deposition (Raphael), a 1507 oil painting
The Deposition (Rubens), a 1602 painting by Peter Paul Rubens (previously attributed to van Dyck) now in the Galleria Borghese
Deposition (Rogier van der Weyden) or The Descent from the Cross, an oil painting, c.1435
Deposition (van Dyck, 1615), a 1615 painting by Anthony van Dyck, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
Deposition (van Dyck, 1618), a 1618–20 painting, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Deposition (van Dyck, 1619), a c. 1619 painting, now in the Ashmolean Museum
Deposition (van Dyck, 1629), a c. 1629 painting, now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Deposition (van Dyck, 1629–30) or Lamentation over the Dead Christ, lost 1945
Deposition (van Dyck, 1634), a 1634 painting, now in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich
Deposition (van Dyck, 1635), a 1635 painting, now in the now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Deposition (van Dyck, 1640), a 1634–40 painting, now in the Valdes Izaguirre collection

Deposition (chemistry), molecules settling out of a solution
Deposition (geology), material such as sediment being added to a landform
Deposition (phase transition), the process by which a gas is transformed into a solid
Deposition (aerosol physics), a process where aerosol particles set down onto surfaces

Cathodic arc deposition, a physical vapor deposition technique using an electric arc to vaporize material from a cathode target
Chemical vapor deposition, a chemical process used in the semiconductor industry to produce thin films
Electron beam-induced deposition, a process of decomposing gaseous molecules by an electron beam
Electrospark deposition, a micro-welding manufacturing process typically used to repair damage to mechanical components
Electrophoretic deposition
Ion beam-assisted deposition, a combination of ion implantation with a physical vapor deposition technique
Molecular vapor deposition, the gas-phase reaction between surface reactive chemicals and an appropriately receptive surface
Nanoparticle deposition, the process of attaching nanoparticles to solid surfaces called substrates to create coatings of nanoparticles
Particle deposition, the spontaneous attachment of particles to surfaces
Physical vapor deposition, a variety of vacuum deposition methods used to produce thin films and coatings
Pulsed laser deposition, a physical vapor deposition technique using a high-power pulsed laser beam in a vacuum chamber