Entry Word: impose

Function: verb

Meaning: to establish or apply as a charge or penalty <every town imposes a fine for speeding>

Synonyms assess, charge, exact, fine, lay, levy, put

Related Words dock, mulct, penalize, tax; extort, shake down, wrest, wring; bleed, fleece, gouge, milk, skin, squeeze; coerce, compel, force; inflict, wreak; set; reapply, reimpose, relay

Near Antonyms abate, diminish, lessen; forgive, release

Antonyms remit