declaration

declaration
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. affirmation, proclamation, statement, assertion, avowal. See speech, evidence.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [An assertion]
Syn. announcement, avowal, statement, formal assertion, utterance, information, notification, affirmation, presentation, exposition, communication, disclosure, allegation, contention, explanation, revelation, answer, advertisement, saying, report, testimony, oath, expression, profession, admission, confession, enunciation, attestation, promulgation, remark, claim, protestation, acknowledgment; see also announcement 1 .
Ant. denial*, negation, equivocation.
2. [A formal statement]
Syn. proclamation, profession, affirmation, manifesto, public announcement, pronouncement, pronunciamento, decree, edict, document, bulletin, bill, article, publication, broadcast, confirmation, ultimatum, notice, resolution, affidavit, testimony, charge, indictment, allegation, deposition, declaration of war, code, canon, bill of rights, constitution, plea, demurrer, creed, credo, article of faith, gospel, testament; see also announcement 2 , communication 2 .
Ant. retraction*, repudiation, recantation.
3. [The act of announcing]
Syn. notification, expression, proclamation; see announcement 1 , communication 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
statement, assertion, announcement, communication, utterance, affirmation, proclamation, attestation, testimony.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of announcing: announcement, annunciation, proclamation, promulgation, publication. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. A public statement: announcement, annunciation, edict, manifesto, notice, proclamation, pronouncement. See KNOWLEDGE. 3. The act of asserting positively: affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, claim, statement. See AFFIRM.

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