declarations
Official public statements
Declarations are formal statements or announcements, often with official weight.
A declaration of war announces hostilities.
A declaration of independence proclaims sovereignty.
In legal contexts, declarations are sworn statements or assertions of fact.
In programming, a declaration introduces a variable or function to the compiler.
The word often implies something proclaimed publicly and with conviction: a declaration of love.
Formal binding promise
- vowSolemn personal commitment
- pledgeBinding promise given
- promiseCommitment to act
- covenantBinding formal pledge
bond · allegiance · commitment · dedication · loyalty · devotion · troth · avowal
Expressed claim or fact
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- professionTrained occupational field
- avowalOpen declaration of belief
contention · pronouncement · expression · articulation · utterance
Formal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- communiqueOfficial public announcement
notice · advisory · alert · newsflash · dispatch · briefing · update · release
Published statement of principles
- platformRaised flat structure
- charterFounding organizational document
- proclamationFormal public announcement
- edictAuthoritative public command
decree · principles · doctrine · independence · sovereignty · rights · constitution · bill of rights
Sworn written statement
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- attestationFormal declaration confirming truth
disclosure · certification · notarized · evidence · submission · documentation · tax return · filing
oath
Formal binding promise
covenant · bond · allegiance · commitment · dedication · loyalty · devotion · troth · avowal · assurance
statement
Expressed claim or fact
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- professionTrained occupational field
avowal · contention · pronouncement · expression · articulation · utterance
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- bulletinBrief public announcement
communique · notice · advisory · alert · newsflash · dispatch · briefing · update · release · report
manifesto
Published statement of principles
- platformRaised flat structure
- charterFounding organizational document
- proclamationFormal public announcement
edict · decree · principles · doctrine · independence · sovereignty · rights · constitution · bill of rights · policy statement
affidavit
Sworn written statement
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- sworn statementLegally binding written testimony
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
attestation · disclosure · certification · notarized · evidence · submission · documentation · tax return · filing · conflict of interest
- declarationsproclamation, proclamations, announcement, announcements, statement
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- Diplomatic Recordsdiplomatic pouches, dispatches, cables, memoranda, credentials
- Greek Independenceuprising, Greek War of Independence, liberation struggle, revolt, revolutionaries
- Church decreesencyclicals, bulls, promulgations, canons, briefs
- nuclear verificationIAEA, on-site inspection, inspectors, treaty compliance, routine inspections
declarationshints
Indirect suggestions
insinuations · implications · whispers · suggestions · innuendos
declarationsdisavowals
Refusals to acknowledge
denials · renunciations · retractions · repudiations · recantations
declarationsquestions
Requests for information
inquiries · equivocations · hedges · qualifications · demurrals
- 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