Usually means: Individuals who give sworn testimony.
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  1. deponents: Merriam-Webster
  2. deponents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deponents: Vocabulary.com
  4. deponent's, deponents: Wordnik
  5. deponents: Wiktionary
  6. deponents: Dictionary.com
  7. deponents: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. deponents: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. deponents: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deponents: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deponents: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deponent)

adjective:  (grammar, of a verb) Having an active meaning, but conjugating as though it were being used with a different voice (such as the passive).
noun:  (law) A witness; especially one who gives information under oath, in a deposition concerning facts known to him or her.
noun:  (grammar) A deponent verb.
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