declaration

Noun

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

• a formal public statement
  • the government made an announcement about changes in the drug war
    
  • a declaration of independence
    

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

• a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties

• (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
  • his declaration of innocence
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  resolution , resolve , announcement , proclamation , annunciation , contract