Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Depiction \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.]
   A painting or depicting; a representation.

Source : WordNet®

depiction
     n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
          narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the
          author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";
          "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of
          famous Vermonters" [syn: {word picture}, {word-painting},
           {delineation}, {picture}, {characterization}, {characterisation}]
     2: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: {depicting},
         {portraying}, {portrayal}]
     3: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {delineation},
         {limning}, {line drawing}]
     4: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: {delineation},
         {portrayal}]