Declaration

Noun

 * 1) A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
 * 2) A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
 * 3) The act or process of declaring.
 * 4)  The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
 * 5)  In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.

Quotations

 * 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
 * Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Adjectives for Declaration
culminating;  remarkable;   far-echoing; formal; droll; insulting; emphatic; public; appalling; passionate; blunt; voluntary; candid; downright; bold; determining; significant; official; profound; strong; solemn; superior; positive; vehement; frequent; rigid; important; absolute; distinct; undisguised; open; customary; fierce; friendly; supplementary; bitter; passionate; abasing; unmistakable.

Verbs for Declaration
adopt—; announce—; belie—; constitute—; decry—; dispute—; expound-—; immortalize—; inspire—; introduce—-; issue—; present—; proclaim—; publish—-; set forth—; —contradicts; —embodies; —influences; —pleads; —proves; —shocks.

Synonyms for Declaration

 * avowal, notice, statement
 * notice, statement
 * notice
 * utterance, affirmation, profession, proclamation

Antonyms for Declaration
silence, denial, retraction.

Thesaurus
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, word

Etymology
declaracion:, from déclaration:, from  declarationem:, corresponding to

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/dEkl{"r\eIS@n/}}

Translations

 * Arabic: (ʼiʻlān)
 * Bulgarian: заявление,
 * Dutch:, declaratie
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: הצהרה (hatzhara)


 * Japanese: (, sengen)
 * Mandarin: 聲明, 声明 (shēngmíng)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: declarație
 * Russian: заявление (zajavl'énije), декларация (deklarátsija)
 * Swedish: tillkännagivande


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: dearbhú


 * Kurdish:
 * Mandarin: 報單, 报单 (bàodān)
 * Portuguese: declaração
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: заявяване, деклариране
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Hebrew: הצהרה (hatzhara)
 * Mandarin: 報單, 报单 (bàodān), 宣言 (xuānyán)
 * Portuguese: declaração
 * Romanian: declarare
 * Russian: заявление (zajavl'énije), объявление (objavl'énije)


 * : deklaro
 * : dichiarazione
 * : 선언


 * : declaración