Origin:
1300–50; Middle English declaracioun (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēclārātiōn- (stem of dēclārātiō) explanation, equivalent to dēclārāt(us) (past participle of dēclārāre to explain, declare; see -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

coun·ter·dec·la·ra·tion, noun

non·dec·la·ra·tion, noun

pre·dec·la·ra·tion, noun

re·dec·la·ra·tion, noun

Synonyms
4. notice, bulletin; manifesto, edict.

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It is a laudable declaration from an incredibly sophisticated political scientist.

The declaration proved compelling as a statement of principles, but too general and vague to be useful as a legal instrument.

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It is a laudable declaration from an incredibly sophisticated political scientist.

The declaration proved compelling as a statement of principles, but too general and vague to be useful as a legal instrument.

But a declaration of victory for safe, clean water is highly premature.

It had said last month it was hoping to achieve a cold shutdown within the year but had not made a formal declaration.

When returning from abroad, you must complete a customs declaration form.

But even before the meeting begins, some critics are saying that the declaration that is.

Vietnam wanted the declaration to include a promise not to build new structures on the islands in pursuit of territorial claims.

The declaration of independence over the weekend was actually decades in the making-at least.

As profound a declaration as this is, it means nothing.

His argument begins with the declaration that higher education is not really subject to market forces.

The declaration of sharia law was presented as an attempt to restore morality and integrity in a corrupt land.

Onlookers are utterly subordinated to the dominating and exotic declaration.

Her statement said the requirement of an exigency declaration remains in place under university policy.

The group's latest declaration was made from a position of weakness.

The country had not seen such unified celebration since its declaration of independence.

My purposefully dismissive declaration is meant to mark a two-fold resentment.

It's a symbolic declaration that physical photographs are dead and should literally be buried.

The position is, all by itself, a declaration on the part of the university that it intends to thwart the law in any way it can.

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Rituals also usually incorporate a declaration of faith or offer a similar inclusion of religious dialogue.

The thinking behind this grand declaration made sense of a sort:.

But some wonder how sincere that declaration is, really.

The declaration may yet be whittled away to nothing.

His declaration of this belief caused, he admitted, profound shock to those who knew him only as a sceptic.

Despite the subsequent declaration of a war on terror.

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declaration (ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən)

—n
1.	an explicit or emphatic statement
2.	a formal statement or announcement; proclamation
3.	the act of declaring
4.	the ruling of a judge or court on a question of law, esp in the chancery division of the High Court
5.	law See also statutory declaration an unsworn statement of a witness admissible in evidence under certain conditions
6.	cricket the voluntary closure of an innings before all ten wickets have fallen
7.	contract bridge the final contract
8.	a statement or inventory of goods, etc, submitted for tax assessment: a customs declaration
9.	cards an announcement of points made after taking a trick, as in bezique

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declaration

mid-14c., "action of stating," from Fr. déclaration, from L. declarationem, noun of action from declarare (see declare). Meaning "proclamation, public statement" is from 1650s. Declaration of independence is recorded from 1776 (the one by the British American colonies

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seems to be the first so called; though the phrase is not in the document itself, it was titled that from the first in the press).

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