declaring
Making formally known
Declaring is the act of announcing or stating something formally or emphatically.
You might be declaring independence, declaring bankruptcy, or declaring your love.
At customs, declaring means reporting goods you're bringing into a country.
In card games, declaring names the trump suit or announces a winning hand: After declaring hearts, she laid down her cards.
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- pronouncementFormal authoritative statement
statement · broadcast · communique · bulletin · notification · disclosure · release · promulgate
Formal binding promise
- affidavitSworn written statement
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
sworn statement · witness · attestation · perjury · under oath · notarized · court · tribunal
Expressed with force
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
forceful · resolute · decisive · determined · authoritative · confident · affirmative · peremptory
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- nationhoodStatus as independent country
statehood · recognition · unilateral · constitution · sovereignty · republic · freedom · liberation
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
installation · induction · commencement · ratification · enactment · vow · pledge · protocol
proclamation
Formal public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
pronouncement · statement · broadcast · communique · bulletin · notification · disclosure · release · promulgate · publicize
oath
Formal binding promise
- affidavitSworn written statement
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
affirmation · sworn statement · witness · attestation · perjury · under oath · notarized · court · tribunal · hearing
emphatic
Expressed with force
- categoricalUnconditional and explicit
- unequivocalAllowing one meaning only
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
insistent · forceful · resolute · decisive · determined · authoritative · confident · affirmative · peremptory · forthright
independence
Freedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
nationhood · statehood · recognition · unilateral · constitution · sovereignty · republic · freedom · liberation · self-rule
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- swearing-inOfficial oath-taking ceremony
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
coronation · installation · induction · commencement · ratification · enactment · vow · pledge · protocol · ritual
manifest
Clearly apparent or displayed
dutiable · tariff · import · export · contraband · inspection · border · duty-free · allowance · inventory
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- verbal responsesreplying, responding, retorting, confirming, denying
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
declaringimplying
Suggesting without stating directly
hinting · suggesting · insinuating · intimating · alluding
declaringconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressing · withholding · covering up · obscuring
declaringdenying
Refusing to acknowledge
refuting · disavowing · disclaiming · renouncing · retracting
- declaring warFormal announcement of military action
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