declaration

1. A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) (synset 106738626)
   is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
   subtypes:

   • bastardization - declaring or rendering bastard
   • confession - a public declaration of your faith
   • manifesto, pronunciamento - a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government)
   • dictum, pronouncement, say-so - an authoritative declaration
   • assertion, asseveration, averment - a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
   • protestation - a strong declaration of protest
   • postulation, predication - (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
   • threat - declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction (synset 106748966)
   "his declaration of innocence"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: testimony - a solemn statement made under oath
3. A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties (synset 107218770)
   is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
4. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make (synset 106750143)
   referred to in: contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
   is a type of: bid, bidding - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
   is a part of: bridge - any of various card games based on whist for four players
   same as: contract
5. A formal public statement (synset 106738907)
   "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"
   is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
   subtypes:

   • edict - a formal or authoritative proclamation
   • promulgation - the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
   same as: announcement, annunciation, proclamation
6. A formal expression by a meeting;
   Agreed to by a vote (synset 106523865)
   is a type of: document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
   subtypes: joint resolution - a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto)
   specific instances: declaration of independence - the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
   same as: resolution, resolve

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