declaration
Official public announcement
A declaration is a formal announcement or statement, often with official or legal weight: a declaration of war, the Declaration of Independence.
To make a declaration is to state something clearly and deliberately, whether in court, at customs, or in everyday speech: She made a declaration of her intentions.
The word implies something spoken or written with purpose, not casually mentioned.
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- proclamationFormal public announcement
directive · charter · ratification · sanction · enactment · manifesto · promulgation · executive order
Formal public announcement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
bulletin · notification · disclosure · release · publication · press release · briefing · dispatch
Sworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
- oathFormal binding promise
- pleaFormal request or defense
testimony · witness statement · disclosure · admission · acknowledgment · confession · court filing · notarized
Positive statement of truth
- avowalOpen declaration of belief
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
allegation · pronouncement · sworn statement · testimony · confirmation · profession · insistence · protestation
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
freedom · revolution · secession · constitution · republic · unalienable rights · founding document · self-governance
Team batting periods
- runsMoves fast on foot
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- totalComplete sum
- closureSense of emotional resolution
batting · captain · match · test · overs · dismissal · team score · all out
Required moral task
- importObtain from overseas
- goodsThings for sale
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- itemizationCataloging into distinct entries
manifest · valuation · tariff · border · luggage · contraband · dutiable · travel document
decree
Authoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
proclamation · directive · charter · ratification · sanction · enactment · manifesto · promulgation · executive order · act
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
communique · bulletin · notification · disclosure · release · publication · press release · briefing · dispatch · advisory
affidavit
Sworn written statement
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- swornBound by formal promise
- oathFormal binding promise
plea · testimony · witness statement · disclosure · admission · acknowledgment · confession · court filing · notarized
affirmation
Positive statement of truth
- avowalOpen declaration of belief
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
contention · allegation · pronouncement · sworn statement · testimony · confirmation · profession · insistence · protestation · averment
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
liberty · freedom · revolution · secession · constitution · republic · unalienable rights · founding document · self-governance · statehood
innings
Team batting periods
closure · batting · captain · match · test · overs · dismissal · team score · all out · overnight
duty
Required moral task
itemization · manifest · valuation · tariff · border · luggage · contraband · dutiable · travel document
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- claimsinsurance claim, legal claim, false claim, counterclaim, disputed claim
- decisive actionsultimatum, veto, verdict, ruling, decree
- declarationsproclamation, proclamations, announcement, announcements, statement
- formal statementsstatement, assertion, affirmation, attestation, avowal
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
declarationdenial
Refusal to accept reality
negation · disavowal · refutation · repudiation · contradiction
declarationconcealment
Act of hiding something
secret · suppression · silence · cover-up · secrecy
declarationretraction
Formal withdrawal of statement
recantation · withdrawal · revocation · renunciation · disavowal
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- declaration of warFormal announcement of hostilities
- tax declarationsFormal income reports to authorities
- declaration of loveStating romantic feelings openly
- customs declarationStatement of transported goods
- emergency declarationOfficial crisis status activation