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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun declaration has 6 senses
- declaration(n = noun.communication) Array - a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written); Array is a kind of statement
- declaration(n = noun.communication) Array - (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; "his declaration of innocence" is a kind of testimony
- declaration(n = noun.communication) Array - a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties; Array is a kind of statement
- declaration(n = noun.communication) contract - (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make; Array is a part of bridge
- declaration(n = noun.communication) announcement, annunciation, proclamation - a formal public statement; "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence" is a kind of statement
- declaration(n = noun.communication) resolution, resolve - a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote; Array is a kind of document, papers, written document
has particulars: bastardization, confession, manifesto, pronunciamento, dictum, pronouncement, say-so, assertion, asseveration, averment, protestation, postulation, predication, threat
Derived form verb declare1
Derived form verb declare7
is a kind of bid, bidding
Derived form verb declare6
has particulars: edict, promulgation
Derived form verb declare2
has particulars: joint resolution
OXFORD DICTIONARY
declaration, n.
1 the act or process of declaring.
2 a a formal, emphatic, or deliberate statement or announcement. b a statement asserting or protecting a legal right.
3 a written public announcement of intentions, terms of an agreement, etc.
4 Cricket an act of declaring an innings closed.
5 Cards a the naming of trumps. b an announcement of a combination held.
6 Law a a plaintiff's statement of claim. b an affirmation made instead of taking an oath.
7 (in full declaration of the poll) a public official announcement of the votes cast for candidates in an election.
1 the act or process of declaring.
2 a a formal, emphatic, or deliberate statement or announcement. b a statement asserting or protecting a legal right.
3 a written public announcement of intentions, terms of an agreement, etc.
4 Cricket an act of declaring an innings closed.
5 Cards a the naming of trumps. b an announcement of a combination held.
6 Law a a plaintiff's statement of claim. b an affirmation made instead of taking an oath.
7 (in full declaration of the poll) a public official announcement of the votes cast for candidates in an election.
Etymology
ME f. L declaratio (as DECLARE)
THESAURUS
declaration
Parthian shot, acceptance, acknowledgment, address, admission, advertisement, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation, answer, apostrophe, appointment, appreciation, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, bill, bill of complaint, brevet, broadcast, bull, bulletin board, circular, claim, comment, communication, communique, complaint, compurgation, concession, conclusion, confession, confession of faith, crack, creed, declaration of faith, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deposition, dictum, diktat, disclosure, edict, edictum, encyclical, enunciation, exclamation, expression, fiat, greeting, information, instrument in proof, interjection, ipse dixit, law, legal evidence, libel, manifesto, mention, narratio, nolle prosequi, nonsuit, note, notice, notification, observation, ordinance, ordonnance, phrase, position, position paper, positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, program, programma, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, public notice, publication, question, recognition, reflection, remark, report, rescript, revelation, rule, ruling, say, say-so, saying, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, stance, stand, statement, statement of facts, subjoinder, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, thought, ukase, utterance, vouch, white book, white paper, witness, wordROGET THESAURUS
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Lawsuit
N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.Affirmation
N affirmance, affirmation, statement, allegation, assertion, predication, declaration, word, averment, confirmation, asseveration, adjuration, swearing, oath, affidavit, deposition, avouchment, assurance, protest, protestation, profession, acknowledgment, legal pledge, pronouncement, solemn averment, solemn avowal, solemn declaration, remark, observation, position, saying, dictum, sentence, ipse dixit, emphasis, weight, dogmatism, dogmatics, asserting, declaratory, predicatory, pronunciative, affirmative, soi-disant, positive, certain, express, explicit, absolute, emphatic, flat, broad, round, pointed, marked, distinct, decided, confident, trenchant, dogmatic, definitive, formal, solemn, categorical, peremptory, unretracted, predicable, affirmatively, in the affirmative, with emphasis, ex-cathedra, without fear of contradiction, as God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know, upon my word, upon my honor, by my troth, egad, I assure you, by jingo, by Jove, by George, troth, seriously, sadly, in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest, of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath, be assured, yes, I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath, in fact, forsooth, joking apart, so help me God, not to mince the matter, quoth he, dixi.
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