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Declaration

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.

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Assertion 76% connected

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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Asseveration 76% connected

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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Averment 76% connected

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

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Confession 76% connected

Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

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Dictum 76% connected

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

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Edict 76% connected

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…

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Manifesto 76% connected

A public declaration, usually of a prince, sovereign, or other person claiming large powers, showing his intentions, or proclaiming his opinions and…

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Postulation 76% connected

The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

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Predication 76% connected

The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

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Promulgation 76% connected

The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel.

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Pronouncement 76% connected

The act of pronouncing; a declaration; a formal announcement.

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Pronunciamento 76% connected

A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

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Protestation 76% connected

The act of making a protest; a public avowal; a solemn declaration, especially of dissent.

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Threat 76% connected

The expression of an intention to inflict evil or injury on another; the declaration of an evil, loss, or pain to come; menace; threatening; denuncia…

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Bid 76% connected

of Bid

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Bidding 76% connected

of Bid

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Testimony 76% connected

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

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Declare 74% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Declare 74% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Proclaim 74% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

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Proclaim 74% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

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Containing whole 1

Bridge 70% connected

A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passagewa…

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Announcement 92% connected

The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which announces; proclamation; publication.

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Annunciation 92% connected

The act of announcing; announcement; proclamation; as, the annunciation of peace.

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Contract 92% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Proclamation 92% connected

The act of proclaiming; official or general notice; publication.

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Resolution 92% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Resolve 92% connected

To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.

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