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declaration

[dek-luh-rey-shuhn] / ˌdɛk ləˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
assertion of belief or knowledge
Synonyms
STRONG
acknowledgment admission advertisement affirmation allegation announcement answer attestation averment avowal bomb broadcast communication deposition disclosure enunciation explanation exposition expression information notice notification oath pitch presentation profession promulgation protestation publication remark report revelation saying spiel statement story testimony utterance
WEAK
hot air say so two cents' worth
Antonyms
STRONG
denial ignorance question quiet secret silence
WEAK
disavowal retraction
NOUN
official proclamation
Synonyms
STRONG
acclamation affidavit allegation announcement article attestation bulletin canon charge confirmation constitution credo creed denunciation deposition document edict gospel indictment manifesto notice notification plea proclamation profession promulgation pronouncement pronunciamento resolution testament testimony ultimatum
Antonyms
STRONG
exoneration
WEAK
denial disavowal retraction

Example Sentences

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Each declaration that there is “nothing more to see” has convinced millions that there must be.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

It added that the move was taken after "a declaration of innocence following her change in behaviour."

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The president’s public declaration was spurred in part by recent conversations between his administration and a politician he has been critical of: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The declaration was more an expression of intent rather than a comprehensive agreement, but once again, it highlighted the role China can play in the region, and its interest in stability in the Middle East.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Vocabulary lists containing declaration

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech

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Iroquois Constitution

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