Associations to the word «Deponent»

Wiktionary

DEPONENT, adjective. (of some Latin, Greek, or Old Irish verbs) Having passive form (that is, conjugating like the passive voice), but an active meaning. (Such verbs, originally reflexive, are considered to have laid aside their passive meanings.)
DEPONENT, noun. (legal) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
DEPONENT, noun. (grammar) A deponent verb.

Dictionary definition

DEPONENT, noun. A person who testifies or gives a deposition.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King