Princeton's WordNet

1. declaration(noun)

   a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

2. declaration(noun)

   (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction

   "his declaration of innocence"

3. declaration(noun)

   a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

4. contract, declaration(noun)

   (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

5. announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration(noun)

   a formal public statement

   "the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war"; "a declaration of independence"

6. resolution, declaration, resolve(noun)

   a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. declaration(noun)ˌdɛk ləˈreɪ ʃən

   an official or important statement of plans or ideas

   the declaration of war; the U.S. Declaration of Independence

Wiktionary

1. declaration(Noun)

   A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.

2. declaration(Noun)

   A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.

3. declaration(Noun)

   The act or process of declaring.

4. declaration(Noun)

   The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.

5. declaration(Noun)

   In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiffu2019s 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.

6. declaration(Noun)

   The specification of a variables type

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

Webster Dictionary

1. Declaration(noun)

   the act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc

2. Declaration(noun)

   that which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal

3. Declaration(noun)

   the document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington)

4. Declaration(noun)

   that part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3

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