Noun | 1. | composition - a mixture of ingredients |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: makeup, constitution | |
3. | composition - the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" Synonyms: composing | |
4. | composition - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | |
5. | composition - musical creation Synonyms: composing | |
6. | composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" | |
7. | composition - art and technique of printing with movable type Synonyms: typography | |
8. | composition - an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" | |
9. | composition - something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty" |
COMPOSITION, contracts. An agreement, made upon a sufficient consideration,
between a debtor and creditor, by which the creditor accepts part of the
debt due to him in satisfaction of the whole. Montagu on Compos. 1; 3 Co.
118; Co. Litt. 212, b; 4 Mod. 88; 1 Str. 426; 2 T. R. 24, 26; 2 Chit. R.
541, 564; 5 D. & R. 56 3 B. & C. 242; 1 R. & M. 188; 1 B. & A. 103, 440; 3
Moore's R. 11; 6 T. R. 263; 1 D. & R. 493; 2 Campb. R. 283; 2 M. & S. 120; 1
N. R. 124; Harr. Dig. Deed VIII.
2. In England, compositions were formerly allowed for crimes and
misdemeanors, even for murder. But these compositions are no longer allowed,
and even a qui tam action cannot be lawfully compounded. Bac. Ab. Actions
qui tam, See 2 John. 405; 9 John. 251; 10 John. 118; 11 John. 474; 6 N. H.-
Rep. 200.
1. | composition - function composition. | ||
2. | composition - typesetting. |