Declaration
[deklə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛklə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written).
(noun.) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction; 'his declaration of innocence'.
(noun.) a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties.
Editor: Lyle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
(n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
(n.) 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.
Editor: Moll
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment, protestation, avowal.
Checked by Ernest
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Avowal, exhibition, manifestation, statement, ordinance, assertion,affirmation, profession
ANT:Denial, concealment, suppression, Declare,[See ANNOUNCE]
Typed by Josephine
Examples
- In a still narrower sense the truth of the Preacher's declaration is apparent:-- In an address before the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1885, the late Prof. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- An honest declaration! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And all the while they two were hovering, hesitating round the flame of some invisible declaration. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I never will, no, I certainly never will wish for a letter again, was Fanny's secret declaration as she finished this. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I said, “My dear, here's Doctor Strong has positively been and made you the subject of a handsome declaration and an offer. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It is in the older and more characteristic English tradition from which the Declaration of Independence derives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She wished she might be able to keep him from an absolute declaration. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The first is the making of Pycroft write a declaration by which he entered the service of this preposterous company. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If you won't take me before the magistrate, draw out a declaration of your innocence on paper, and I will sign it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Declaration of Independence said that all men are born equal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is not a declaration I have often made concerning my acquaintance, in the course of this book: the reader will bear with it for once. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A long dispute followed this declaration; but Mr. Bennet was firm. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Upon my word, sir, cried Elizabeth, your hope is a rather extraordinary one after my declaration. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I told him my opinion of his declaration and his conduct, and dismissed him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He wound up this vehement declaration by looking round upon us with a most agreeable smile and suddenly thundering, Ha, ha, ha! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This is a painful task,' said he, 'but these declarations, which have been signed in London before many gentlemen, must be in substance repeated here. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the defensive declarations and pretended confessions of murderers, the pursuing shadow of this torture may be traced through every lie they tell. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Luke