declaration

dec-la-ra-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A formal or explicit statement or announcement.

  2. 2.

    A formal statement asserting or protecting a legal right.

  3. 3.

    An official announcement of the beginning of a state or condition.

  4. 4.

    A written statement made under oath.

  5. 5.

    (In cricket) A decision by the batting captain to end an innings before all wickets have fallen.

Forms

plural: declarations

Related words

Antonyms: concealment, denial
See also: announcement, declare, proclamation
Synonyms: announcement, assertion, proclamation, statement

Etymology

From Latin declaratio meaning "a making clear," from declarare "to make clear," composed of de- "thoroughly" and clarare "to make clear," from clarus "clear."