pronouncement
Formal public declaration
A pronouncement is a formal or authoritative declaration—something announced with weight or ceremony: The judge's pronouncement ended weeks of speculation.
The word often implies gravity or finality, as when officials make pronouncements on policy or courts issue pronouncements on law.
It can also describe any statement delivered with unusual solemnity, sometimes mockingly: He made grand pronouncements about the future of art.
Authoritative public command
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
fiat · rescript · dictum · ukase · proclamation · bull · encyclical · manifesto
Official court decision
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
conviction · acquittal · determination · decree · finding · decision · opinion · order
Expressed claim or fact
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- avowalOpen declaration of belief
utterance · disclosure · revelation · expression · articulation · enunciation · communication · profession
Brief public announcement
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
- dispatchSend with speed
- briefingConcise information session
- releaseTo let go
report · advisory · alert · notification · update · newsflash · press release · broadcast
edict
Authoritative public command
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
ordinance · fiat · rescript · dictum · ukase · proclamation · bull · encyclical · manifesto · promulgation
verdict
Official court decision
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
adjudication · conviction · acquittal · determination · decree · finding · decision · opinion · order · sanction
statement
Expressed claim or fact
- announcementPublic declaration of information
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
avowal · utterance · disclosure · revelation · expression · articulation · enunciation · communication · profession · testimony
bulletin
Brief public announcement
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
- dispatchSend with speed
- briefingConcise information session
release · report · advisory · alert · notification · update · newsflash · press release · broadcast · announcement
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, statement, notice
- church weddingbride, groom, wedding march, wedding rings, bridal gown
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses
pronouncementaside
Brief theatrical digression
murmur · whisper · chitchat · small talk · mumble
pronouncementconcealment
Act of hiding something
suppression · silence · secrecy · cover-up · withholding